It has already begun snowing on Whistler, so we thought we'd put together a few local photos from the city to get you prepared for what may or may not be a long winter.

• Downtown alley in 1916

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  Look at the size of that snow pile! #greatpyramid

• Hastings and Richards after heavy snowfall in 1916

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  No Ford Model T's seen in this photo, though they did release a new model that year!

• Interior of First Baptist Church at at Nelson Street and Burrard in 1913

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  Not so much snow as it's mostly frozen water from attempts by firefighters to put out the massive blaze that destroyed this church!

• A courthouse lion covered in snow in 1937

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  Back before it was the VAG.

• Boats and docks covered in snow

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  Near Dead Man's Island.

• House on the corner of 1st Ave and Waterloo in Kits in 1911

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  Roughly 103 years before the bikeway was built.

• Couple with dog on Waterloo Street and 4th Ave

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  The swirl of hair on the dude's forehead may or may not have been caused by the extreme cold.

• Railway Crossing at 49th Ave and Magee Road in 1902

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  Man, Kerrisdale has barely changed.

• Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, partially frozen and covered in snow in 1898

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  Just wow.

• A horse-drawn sleigh in front of the Hollow Tree in the early 1900s

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  It was the SNOW that killed the hollow tree! Ok ok, maybe it wasn't.

• Frozen fountain in Stanley Park in 1931

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  "Should one of us maybe go turn it off?"

• Road into Stanley Park, covered in snow in the early 1900s

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  "I'M not turning off that bloody fountain!"

• Hastings St. between Homer and Richards in 1936

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  Dude! You're covered in snow!

• Miss Doris Milligan crosses the Lion's Gate Bridge on foot in 1938

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  This photo tells us one thing: people have been using umbrellas in the snow in Vancouver since at least 1938.

• Lighthouse at Brockton Point covered in snow in 1898

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