Archives: Timeline Entries

  • September 2, 2025
    Six-year-old Dave Davidson, who will later operate Roesland from 1971-91 with his wife Florence, makes his first visit to Roesland.
  • Fish Reduction Plant

    September 2, 2025
    First built in the early 1920s and shut down for several years, the fish reduction plant is reactivated at Shingle…
  • South Pender School

    September 2, 2025
    A small school opens on South Pender, on a cliffside location near today's firehall.
  • Irene & Bert Roe 1940s

    September 2, 2025
    Bert Roe weds Irene Burnes, a former guest at the Roesland Resort, and they build their own home above the…
  • Hope Bay Store

    September 2, 2025
    The Hope Bay Store is modernized with an electric plant, fridge, and an ice cream cabinet.
  • Beautyrestn Lodge

    September 2, 2025
    A large private residence called “Mille Fleurs" is built for Major Guy Boyer along MacKinnon Road. It will change hands…
  • September 2, 2025
    Swiss inventor Andreas Stihl patents the first gas-powered, hand-held portable chainsaw, transforming a previously labour-intensive process using axes and handsaws,…
  • September 2, 2025
    The US stock market crashes, leading to the Great Depression of the 1930s. On Pender, quarrying, forestry, fishing, and farming…
  • James Alexander Brackett

    September 2, 2025
    Stonecutter and settler Alexander Brackett dies of "black lung" disease caused by the rock dust he worked in for much…
  • Herring Saltery, Otter Bay

    September 2, 2025
    The BC Fish Salteries Ltd builds a herring saltery plant at Otter Bay (Hayashi Cove). Operated by the Matsuyama Co,…