Period: Post WWII

  • September 2, 2025
    The Hope Bay Community Hall, built in 1910, is demolished. The structure had been purchased for $25 at auction, and…
  • September 2, 2025
    Victor and Vivienne Menzies move out of the original Harris home at Hope Bay and into a small house on…
  • BC Centennial Medalists

    September 2, 2025
    Seven Pender Island pioneers each receive a Canadian Centennial Medal, presented by Lieutenant Governor the Honourable George Pearkes, on Sept…
  • September 2, 2025
    Bert Roe dies at age 75 in October, having spent most of his life at Roesland. Operation of the Roesland…
  • September 2, 2025
    Dr Homer Rogers becomes Pender's first regular full-time doctor, operating a practice out of his home at the end of…
  • September 2, 2025
    The Lynds sell Beautyrest Lodge after 27 years of operation. It is renamed Otter Cove Lodge.
  • September 2, 2025
    The BC Government sets a 10-acre lot-size “freeze” on the Gulf Islands in an effort to preserve the unique rural…
  • September 2, 2025
    The South Pender Island Post Office closes on July 7th.
  • September 2, 2025
    Surveyor John Melvyn (Mel) Abbott dies at age 38. In the early 1960s, Abbot bought Les Bowerman's land on North…
  • September 2, 2025
    Aubrey Rundle-Woolcock moves to Pender Island and obtains a teaching position at the 2-room Pender Island School, going on to…