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Whistler

Town in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, southwest British Columbia, Canada; population (1991) 4,500. It is located 87 km/54 mi north-northeast of Vancouver. Whistler is one of Canada's best-known ski resorts, with almost 200 runs (including one with a 2,100 m/6,900 ft vertical drop) on Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. Garibaldi Provincial Park lies to the southeast. Whistler is a year-round resort, also noted for its golf courses and music and arts festivals.



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There was a high dado of white wood and a green paper on which were etchings by Whistler in neat black frames.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
The neighbors said it was the doctor first, then Emmeline, then the undertaker -- the under- taker never got in ahead of Emmeline but once, and then she hung fire on a rhyme for the dead person's name, which was Whistler.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
Whistler was an influence strong with the English and his compatriots, and the discerning collected Japanese prints.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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