Whistler was named after a Marmot

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The town of Whistler was named after the Hoary Marmot, whose high whistling call can be heard in the surrounding mountains.

Here’s one surveying his domain as he warms himself on a rock.

(Oh, and marmots are a type of ground squirrel, in case you didn’t know.)

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