Archives: Timeline Entries

  • September 2, 2025
    The Port Washington Post Office is moved into the new Hope Bay Store.
  • September 2, 2025
    R.S.W. Corbett opens the first general store at Hope Bay.
  • September 2, 2025
    Excavation of a canal through the former portage across the Pender isthmus is completed, separating North and South Pender Islands.
  • September 2, 2025
    The naval survey ship H.M.S. Egeria lands a party to record the tides in Bedwell Harbour. They carve a benchmark…
  • September 2, 2025
    R.S.W. Corbett opens a Post Office and an expanded general store at Hope Bay.
  • September 2, 2025
    John MacKinnon purchases 160 acres from Mr. S. Hayashi on Otter Bay.
  • September 2, 2025
    The Presbyterian Church appoints its first ordained minister, Rev. James McMillan.
  • September 2, 2025
    A cemetery is established on one acre of land donated by Rutherford Hope.
  • Margaret & Robert Roe

    September 2, 2025
    The Roe family buys 640+ acres on the south side of Otter Bay and establishes "Roesland Farm."
  • September 2, 2025
    The Presbyterian Church (today's Community Church) is built at a cost of $1,000 above Hope Bay.