Archives: Timeline Entries

  • Frank & Hilda Prior, ca

    February 23, 2026
    After Frank Prior's wife Hilda died in 1963, he began the lengthy transfer of a “pleasant and well-treed tract of…
  • Victor & Vivienne Menzies,

    February 23, 2026
    In April, Victor and Vivienne Menzies deed their 8-acre property to the Canadian Sunday School Mission to develop the Hope…
  • February 23, 2026
    In a November referendum, property taxpayers vote 84% in favour of a proposed property tax levy to stabilize Pender Island…
  • February 23, 2026
    On August 8, W̱SÁNEĆ Elders, community members and youth come to Bedwell Harbour to ceremonially reclaim the ancient village of…
  • Japanese Fishing Boats at Roesland

    January 18, 2026
    Following the attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941, Pender's Japanese residents, mostly fishermen and farmers living at Otter Bay,…
  • January 18, 2026
    Pharmacist Ursula Poepel (1937-2020) arrives on Pender. She opens the Pender Pharmacy at the Driftwood Centre, providing an important addition…
  • January 18, 2026
    Pilot and airplane enthusiast Earl Hastings prepares the property south of Liberto Rd for an airstrip. By the early 1990s,…
  • January 18, 2026
    The Salish Heron is the fourth of the Salish class ferries to join the BC Ferries fleet, serving the Southern…
  • January 18, 2026
    The Mayne Queen is retired in January after more than 50 years of ferry service connecting the Gulf Islands and…
  • January 18, 2026
    The Pender Conservancy announces protection of the 45-acre KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest on North Pender, having raised $2 million from the…