Whistler station Whistler station Whistler station is located in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, along former BC Rail and before that Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) lines. The tracks are now owned by Canadian National. One train calls at the station, the "Rainforest to Gold Rush" which provides service from Whistler Station to Quesnel railway station and Jasper railway station. The "Whistler Sea to Sky Climb" formerly connected North Vancouver railway station to Whistler. The PGE line was established in 1912, and rail service to the Whistler area has been provided since the early days of operation until BC Rail ended all passenger
John Whistler Whistler had fifteen children. Three of their sons became United States Army officers: John, Colonel William Whistler (a commissioned officer from 1801–1861) and Lt. George Washington Whistler, a railroad designer in America and Russia. Two of John Whistler's grandchildren were officers during the American Civil War: Union Brigadier-General Joseph N. G. Whistler and Colonel Joseph Nelson Garland Whistler. Another grandson, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, also attended West Point in 1851, but was unable to graduate, and became an artist. John Whistler Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, is named for John Whistler. John Whistler John Whistler (ca. 1756 – 3 September