Whistler
| Feature Type: | Resort Municipality - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a resort municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of Garibaldi Peak, between Squamish and Pemberton, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°07'01"N, 122°57'17"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/2 |
| Related Maps: |
92G/10 92G/11 92G/14 92G/15 92G/16 92G/9 92J/2 92J/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Resort Municipality of Whistler incorporated 6 September 1976; Whistler (Resort Municipality) confirmed 8 December 1975 on 92J. Boundary extensions gazetted 22 July 1993, effective 19 May 1993, being an extension into Garibaldi Provincial Park; altered application confirmed 29 July 1994 on 92J/2 and 92J/3. Subsequent boundary extentions per Order in Council 435, 21 June 2007. See Whistler Mountain for name origin information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |