カナダのブリティッシュコロンビア州西部のリゾート都市


冬季オリンピック あす開幕

Whistler Village

In winter

Whistler



Ropeway

too high


A statue of Ilanaaq


【ミニ知識】Ilanaaq(イラナーク)
カナダ北部で先住民族イヌイットが道しるべとしている石像
"イラナーク"はイヌイットの言葉で「友人」を意味します。
【Introduction】
Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges
of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada,
approximately 125 kilometres (78 mi) north of Vancouver.
Incorporated as the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW),
it has a permanent population of approximately 9,965, plus a larger
but rotating "transient" population of workers, typically younger people
from beyond BC, notably from Australia and Europe.