Archives: Timeline Entries

  • September 2, 2025
    During the Depression, guests at Roesland Farm Resort dwindle and the Roes struggle to keep the facility going. Some years,…
  • September 2, 2025
    The ship Island Princess, previously known as the Daily, is sold to the Gulf Island Ferry Co, rebuilt with a…
  • September 2, 2025
    "The Maples" on Port Browning is opened for guests by Evelyn Pollard. It will operate until 1970 when guests are…
  • September 2, 2025
    Washington Grimmer, one of the first settler-era arrivals on North Pender, dies at 79.
  • September 2, 2025
    Robert Stewart Wallace (“RSW“) Corbett of the Hope Bay Store retires. His son Percy becomes Postmaster and takes over, assisted…
  • Teasing Bee

    September 2, 2025
    Work bees are a popular cooperative approach to fundraising, helping islanders in need, building barns, and looking after community halls…
  • September 2, 2025
    The fish reduction plant at Shingle Bay declares bankruptcy, but is reconstituted and continues to operate until it is destroyed…
  • September 2, 2025
    The Hodgson family open a general store on Bedwell Harbour on South Pender. They later add several rental cabins and…
  • Arthur Spalding

    September 2, 2025
    In January 1932, South Pender settlers and friends Gerald Richardson and Arthur Spalding pass away. A tribute describes them as…
  • September 2, 2025
    The first Fall Fair is held at the Hope Bay Community Hall.