Archives: Timeline Entries

  • 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 It will be repealed in 1921 and…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.
  • September 2, 2025
    John M. MacDonald (1843-1917) dies at age 74. His wife Jessie (1860-1953) lives to age 93.
  • September 2, 2025
    Arthur Spalding (1863-1932) sees a plane flying over his farm on South Pender for the first time on May 12th.
  • September 2, 2025
    First official record of a cottage at the Roesland Farm Resort being rented. The renters are the Gordon Gray family…