- September 2, 2025The Colony of British Columbia becomes the sixth province of Canada.
- September 2, 2025On October 21, an arbitration committee sets the boundary between the US and Canada through Haro Strait, placing the San…
- September 2, 2025David Hope (1835-1882) and Noah Buckley come to North Pender and each takes up large land holdings.
September 2, 2025Rutherford Hope (1843-1913) emigrates to Canada and joins his older brother David (1831-1879) on North Pender.- September 2, 2025The Grimmer family, originally from England, immigrates to Canada from Australia. Son Washington Grimmer is a skilled sheep-shearer.
- September 2, 2025David Hope dies in a hunting accident. His brother Rutherford Hope and sister Helen Auchterlonie (née Hope; 1837-1888) inherit his…
- September 2, 2025The province surveys North and South Pender into “quarter sections“ of 160 acres each.
September 2, 2025Lawrence (1839-1917) and Helen (née Hope) Auchterlonie (1837-1888) arrive from Scotland. With Helen's brother Rutherford the siblings divide the property…- September 2, 2025Brothers Oliver and Washington Grimmer arrive and acquire a 840-acre property from Noah Buckley. (One source says 1,400 acres.)
- September 2, 2025The Canadian government criminalizes the potlatch tradition among coastal BC First Nations. The ban would not be lifted until 1951.
