Archives: Timeline Entries

  • September 2, 2025
    The establishment of Otter Bay and Port Browning marinas begins.
  • Driftwood 1977 copy

    September 2, 2025
    Today's Driftwood Centre starts modestly with the opening of a service station by Paul Estelle.
  • September 2, 2025
    The B.C. Toll Authority is formed by the BC Government to handle BC Ferry service, later renamed B.C. Ferries Corporation.
  • September 2, 2025
    Ralph Smith becomes Postmaster at Hope Bay and Walter F. Cunliffe becomes Postmaster at Port Washington.
  • Gulf Islands Patchwork Quilt

    September 2, 2025
    A Gulf Islands Patchwork is published in July. Bea Freeman (née Spalding) had started the project in 1958, bringing together…
  • September 2, 2025
    Elmer Bowerman donates another acre of land to enlarge the Pender Island Cemetery so it can be connected to the…
  • September 2, 2025
    The BC Ferry system begins serving Pender Island at the newly-constructed Otter Bay Terminal. The cost is $2/person and $5/automobile…
  • Gulf Garden Estates Brochure

    September 2, 2025
    Phase 1 of 190 lot sales in Gulf Garden Estates (now Magic Lake Estates) begins in the area of Boat…
  • September 2, 2025
    The ferry Queen of Nanaimo is built in Victoria to serve the Southern Gulf Islands-Mainland routes, continuing in service until…
  • September 2, 2025
    Magic Lake Estates begins Phase 2 of sales extending east on Schooner Way and around Pender Lake, now Magic Lake.…