September 2, 2025Royal Navy Staff Commander Daniel Pender, after whom Pender Island is named, retires to Britain. He will be best known…- September 2, 2025While working at the Mortimer quarry on Pender, Alexander Hamilton (1862-1942) is so taken with the area that he acquires…
September 2, 2025Washington Grimmer (1851-1930) marries Elizabeth Auchterlonie (1869-1945), daughter of Helen (née Hope) and Lawrence Auchterlonie.- September 2, 2025The first settler child born on Pender, Nellie Grimmer, arrives on September 24th. Midwife Mrs Bennett attends from Mayne Island.
- September 2, 2025The first permanent settler on South Pender, Arthur Reed Spalding (1863-1932), acquires 800+ acres of land.
- September 2, 2025Hugh Hamilton, age 19, comes to Pender from Scotland to help “improve“ the property owned by his brother Alexander at…
- September 2, 2025Englishmen William Hooson and son Evan arrive and open a quarry and forge at Hope Bay.
September 2, 2025Arthur Spalding and Lilias Mackay (daughter of Métis business leader Joseph McKay) marry on Saturna Island. They come to a…- September 2, 2025Elizabeth Grimmer gives birth to Neptune Navy Grimmer, aka “Nep", in a rowboat en route to the midwife on Mayne…
- September 2, 2025The first Community Hall is built midway between Port Washington and Hope Bay.
