The year 2008 marks the 150th year since the founding of British Columbia as a Crown Colony. This is particularly significant to the Pemberton area as the Harrison-Lillooet trail was the first major route to the interior and through the lands that had been occupied by the First Nations people for thousands of years. This was the first wave of white settlers to the area. Located north of Vancouver just outside Whistler at the foot of majestic Mount Currie, Pemberton’s back yard includes vast tracts of backcountry. The area hosts a wide variety of recreation activities including snowmobiling, cycling, horseback riding, skiing, golfing, hiking, rafting, jet boating, ,fishing , gliding, parasailing and camping. Pemberton is named after Joseph Despard Pemberton, a surveyor general for the Hudson’s Bay Co. in the 1850’s. The original Pemberton Hotel still operates today, and the Pemberton Museum consists of a number of original log homes.
The inaugural Pemberton Festival line up is:
Nine Inch Nails, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Coldplay, Interpol, The Tragically Hip, Jay-Z, Serj Tankian, The Flaming Lips, N.E.R.D., Wolfmother, My Morning Jacket, Vampire Weekend, Kathleen Edwards, Sam Roberts Band, Matisyahu, The Secret Machines, Black Mountain, Wintersleep, Shearwater, Buck 65, Inward Eye, Minus the Bear, Brazilian Girls, The Fiery Furnaces, Grand Ole Party, Mates Of State, The Airborne Toxic Event, Monte Negro, Carolina Liar, Low Vs Diamond, Annie Stela, Junkie XL, Dave Seaman, The Crystal Method DJ Set, Booka Shade, MSTRKRFT, Chromeo, M.A.N.D.Y., DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, Tommie Sunshine, Kevin Shiu, Deadmau5, 3 Oh! 3, Timeline, Tony Pantages & VJV2, DJ K-Tell, Hebegebe, Czech, Tyson V, Andrew Pacey, Mat the Alien & Hedspin, Jesse James, Maurice, Vinyl Ritchie, Rob Rizk, James Boatman, Kristian Littmann, Mikey Da Roza, Little T, Sean La-la, Tassho Pearce, Michael Ziff, Surgeon, Peace Frog, Electrabelle, Foxi Ozzi, Bent Matter, RAMM, Kostos, Technomorph, Zuzu.
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