Period: Modern

  • September 2, 2025
    George Coates acquires the site of the Driftwood Centre and begins redevelopment. (It will be completed in 1988-89.)
  • September 2, 2025
    The Disc Golf park in Magic Lake is "roughed out" by Alex Fraser, Dave Watson, and Doug Keating. The second…
  • September 2, 2025
    The present Pender Island Golf Clubhouse is built.
  • Health Centre Opening

    September 2, 2025
    Mary Coleman, the widow of Bishop Michael Coleman, who first raised funds for a medical clinic in the late 1960s,…
  • South Pender Firehall

    September 2, 2025
    The South Pender Fire Hall is built.
  • September 2, 2025
    The Crown grants the property of the 1902 Pender Island School to the Pender Island Recreation and Agricultural and Hall…
  • Pender Canal Dig 1984

    September 2, 2025
    Simon Fraser University's Archeology Faculty begins a salvage dig at the north end of the Canal Bridge, establishing that the…
  • September 2, 2025
    The Hope Bay Store closes as a general store, after almost 80 years of continuous service.
  • September 2, 2025
    Commercial logging ceases on Mount Norman, leading to the area being protected. (In 1988, Mount Norman Regional Park (CRD) will…
  • September 2, 2025
    The BC Provincial Disc Golf Tournament is held on Pender with more than 30 players from BC and Washington competing.…