Period: Post WWII

  • September 2, 2025
    Ralph Smith becomes Postmaster at Hope Bay and Walter F. Cunliffe becomes Postmaster at Port Washington.
  • Gulf Islands Patchwork Quilt

    September 2, 2025
    A Gulf Islands Patchwork is published in July. Bea Freeman (née Spalding) had started the project in 1958, bringing together…
  • September 2, 2025
    Elmer Bowerman donates another acre of land to enlarge the Pender Island Cemetery so it can be connected to the…
  • September 2, 2025
    The BC Ferry system begins serving Pender Island at the newly-constructed Otter Bay Terminal. The cost is $2/person and $5/automobile…
  • Gulf Garden Estates Brochure

    September 2, 2025
    Phase 1 of 190 lot sales in Gulf Garden Estates (now Magic Lake Estates) begins in the area of Boat…
  • September 2, 2025
    The ferry Queen of Nanaimo is built in Victoria to serve the Southern Gulf Islands-Mainland routes, continuing in service until…
  • September 2, 2025
    Magic Lake Estates begins Phase 2 of sales extending east on Schooner Way and around Pender Lake, now Magic Lake.…
  • September 2, 2025
    The ferry Mayne Queen is built for service in the Gulf Islands.
  • September 2, 2025
    A front-end loading ferry terminal is built at Otter Bay, stimulating island growth. Clam Bay had been considered as a…
  • September 2, 2025
    A large, natural depression on North Pender is excavated and dammed to create Buck Lake, a 40-foot-deep reservoir to supply…