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Whistler is located on British Columbia Highway 99, also known as the "Sea to Sky Highway", approximately 58 km (36 mi) north of Squamish, and 125 km (76 mi) from Vancouver. The highway connects Whistler to the British Columbia Interior via Pemberton-Mount Currie to Lillooet and connections beyond to the Trans-Canada and Cariboo Highways.
It is the location of the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort and the town of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, and played host to the 2010 Winter Olympics. [ 1 ] Previously, the mountain was called " London Mountain ," named after a mining claim in the area and the fog at the mountain's base.
British Columbia Coast The Sea-to-Sky Corridor , often referred to as the Corridor or the Sea to Sky Country , is a region in British Columbia [ 1 ] spreading from Horseshoe Bay through Whistler to the Pemberton Valley and sometimes beyond to include Birken and D'Arcy .
Black Tusk Estates15 min south of Whistler town limits, in the SLRD, Squamish Lillooet Regional District; Pinecrest Estates south of Black Tusk Estates and Whistler, in the SLRD, Squamish Lillooet Regional District. Pemberton, British Columbia a Whistler Bedroom Community 20 min North, separate municipality.
Fissile Peak, formerly known as Red Mountain, is a mountain peak located on the eastern side of Cheakamus Lake southeast of Whistler in Garibaldi Provincial Park of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is composed of red slate which is easily divided into thin sheets of uniform thickness; in geological terms this feature is known as fissility ...
The landforms of British Columbia include two major continental landforms, the Interior Plains in the province's northeast, the British Columbia portion of which is part of the Alberta Plateau. The rest of the province is part of the Western Cordillera of North America , often referred to in Canada as the Pacific Cordillera or Canadian Cordillera.