Archives: Timeline Entries

  • September 2, 2025
    The South Pender Island Post Office closes on July 7th.
  • September 2, 2025
    Surveyor John Melvyn (Mel) Abbott dies at age 38. In the early 1960s, Abbot bought Les Bowerman's land on North…
  • September 2, 2025
    Aubrey Rundle-Woolcock moves to Pender Island and obtains a teaching position at the 2-room Pender Island School, going on to…
  • September 2, 2025
    The use of corporal punishment (strapping) ceases in British Columbia schools.
  • September 2, 2025
    The Pender Island Recreation and Agricultural Hall Association becomes a non-profit society, supporting a variety of recreational endeavours. One of…
  • Pender Post

    September 2, 2025
    The first Pender Post monthly newsletter is published using a hand-cranked Gestetner copier, now in the museum's collection. The copier…
  • September 2, 2025
    The Pender Islands Lions Club receives its Charter on June 15, with Wally Cunliffe serving as its first President.
  • September 2, 2025
    The Pender Island Library, aka the “Pender Lender”, is founded and opens in the back room of the Pender Island…
  • September 2, 2025
    North Pender Fire Protection Service is established.
  • September 2, 2025
    Otter Cove Lodge changes ownership and is re-named Pender Lodge, housing the Eagles Nest Restaurant.