Period: WWI–WWII

  • William Ross Brackett

    September 2, 2025
    From a total population of just over 200, 60 Pender Islanders will serve in WWI. Ten did not return: Lewis…
  • Mary & Gus Aldridge

    September 2, 2025
    Dr. Aldridge, a retired physician, and his wife Mary return to Pender to live full-time, purchasing land stretching from the…
  • September 2, 2025
    St. Peter's Anglican Church is built on Port Washington Road on land donated by Spencer Percival.
  • September 2, 2025
    The winter of 1915-16 sees major snowfalls on the island.
  • September 2, 2025
    The Canadian government outlaws Indigenous reef nets which had been used by the Coast Salish for millennia, but allow J.…
  • September 2, 2025
    Prohibition of the sale of liquor in BC begins following a 1916 referendum. It will be repealed in 1921 and…
  • September 2, 2025
    Women get to vote in provincial elections for the first time.
  • September 2, 2025
    John MacKinnon registers the first planned subdivision on Pender on land purchased from Mr. Hayashi.
  • Cy Peck Ferry

    September 2, 2025
    The ship "Daily" is purchased by Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines, refitted, and renamed the "Cy Peck“ in honour of a…
  • September 2, 2025
    The Waterlea estate is purchased by Capt. John Muus and his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Craddock.