When Everett Valleau moved his company, Valleau Logging Ltd., to the Alta Lake area in 1955, he came to log timber around Alta and Green Lakes. Valleau Logging was a family business, and over the years each of Everett’s seven sons, at least 10 of his grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren all worked for the company. The Valleaus operated from Parkhurst on Green Lake and later moved their logging camp to Mons. As skiing opened up and development increased, the Valleaus formed a subsidiary company, Alta Lake Contractors Ltd., to provide excavation work, road-building, and more. In 1965, they were hired by Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. to build the road from the valley to the midstation of Whistler Mountain while the logging side of the company removed the usable timber from some of the runs that were cut. …As Whistler placed more emphasis on resort development, Laurence moved Valleau Logging to Pemberton.