British Columbia - Province of Canada. British Columbia is the most forward-west province of Canada. Its western border designate Pacific coast. Bordered on the north of the Yukon, territories and the North-Western Alaska. In the east of the province of Alberta, and in the southern U.S. states of Washington, Idaho and Montana.
Elite-class rail service is provided between Whistler and North Vancouver to the Whistler mountaineer, but regular passenger schedules are no longer available. Rail service through to Jasper is provided by the Rocky mountaineer.
Local bus transit service is provided by the Whistler and Valley Express.
Will be in Whistler during the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver Alpine Skiwettbewerbe place. Also found here in early 2005, the Snowboard World Championships instead. In the summer, one of the largest bike parks in the world operated. For the Alpine ski season 2007/2008 Whistler was again recorded in the Racing Calendar. In February 2008 took place in Whistler World Cup races for both women and men instead.
Whistler is also for many sports filming a popular area, va. also in the areas of snowboarding and downhill. The film "Seven Sunny Days" was mostly shot here and had on the Skiers Palaza world premiere in Greenwich Village.
Whistler's urban landscape was specifically designed to accommodate the natural environment, and as black bear populations have gradually recovered, coupled with the loss of pinyon pines due to multi-year drought conditions, bears have begun seeking food in settled areas. Many of Whistler's bears have learned to do things like open car doors or hold spring-closed gates open so they can reach food.
Whistler is the Host Mountain Resort of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the first time the IOC has bestowed that designation on a community. Whistler will host the alpine technical and speed events, the sliding events, the Nordic events in nearby Callaghan Valley and all the Paralympic events except the opening ceremonies, sledge hockey and wheelchair curling. The Whistler Olympic and Paralympic Village (commonly referred to as the Athlete's village) will house around 2,400 athletes, coaches, trainers and officials. Construction is well underway, plans and blueprints are being finalized for the athlete housing and village. Post-games, the site will be turned into a new residential neighbourhood.
Whistler, British Columbia, is a Canadian resort town in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains, approximately 125 km north of Vancouver. Incorporated as a resort municipality, Whistler has a permanent population of approximately 9,965.
Over two million people visit Whistler annually, primarily for its world-famous alpine skiing and mountain biking at Whistler-Blackcomb. Its pedestrian village has won numerous design awards and Whistler has been voted among the top destinations in North America by major ski magazines for the past 15 years. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Whistler will host most of the alpine and sledding events.
