Period: Post WWII

  • September 2, 2025
    The use of corporal punishment (strapping) ceases in British Columbia schools.
  • September 2, 2025
    The Pender Island Recreation and Agricultural Hall Association becomes a non-profit society, supporting a variety of recreational endeavours. One of…
  • Pender Post

    September 2, 2025
    The first Pender Post monthly newsletter is published using a hand-cranked Gestetner copier, now in the museum's collection. The copier…
  • September 2, 2025
    The Pender Islands Lions Club receives its Charter on June 15, with Wally Cunliffe serving as its first President.
  • September 2, 2025
    The Pender Island Library, aka the “Pender Lender”, is founded and opens in the back room of the Pender Island…
  • September 2, 2025
    North Pender Fire Protection Service is established.
  • September 2, 2025
    Otter Cove Lodge changes ownership and is re-named Pender Lodge, housing the Eagles Nest Restaurant.
  • September 2, 2025
    The Provincial Government purchases land at the Canal Bridge, an important Indigenous site, to protect it from development.
  • September 2, 2025
    The Islands Trust Act is proclaimed on June 5 to control development in the Gulf Islands. It is triggered in…
  • September 2, 2025
    The United Church of Canada closes the former Presbyterian Church due to declining numbers, but retains ownership of the building.…