March 6, 2026The Pacific Coast Militia Rangers were organized in 1942 in response to public pressure after the Japanese invasion of Pearl…
March 4, 2026July 1st marks the Diamond Jubilee, the 60th Anniversary of Confederation. The community turns out for “a big picnic at…- March 2, 2026The Crane family arrives on South Pender to live at Camp Bay. Their four children are raised there, father Arthur…
- March 2, 2026Herbert Spalding (1898-1976) and Winifred Bellhouse (1902-1995) marry, joining two South Pender and Galiano families. Winifred is a trained nurse…
- March 2, 2026The J. H. Teece family of North Pender buys the Spalding farm on South Pender and operates a mixed farm.…
- March 2, 2026Like some other veterans, Gerry Parkyn (1892-1984) is a new Pender settler. A friend would say, “Gerry returned from WWI…
March 2, 2026Pender's WWI veterans return and marry after years of waiting: Tom & Helen Walker on South Pender; Fred Smith &…- March 1, 2026Heavy commercial logging begins on Pender, expanding after WWI.
- February 28, 2026Having landed by rowboat on South Pender during a storm, William Usticke Pender of Cornwall, England, settles and starts a…
- February 28, 2026Arthur Spalding and a crew build a new road from the valley to the Bedwell Harbour wharf, replacing the very…
