Archives: Timeline Entries

  • Pender Canal Dig 1984

    September 2, 2025
    Simon Fraser University's Archeology Faculty begins a salvage dig at the north end of the Canal Bridge, establishing that the…
  • September 2, 2025
    The Hope Bay Store closes as a general store, after almost 80 years of continuous service.
  • September 2, 2025
    Commercial logging ceases on Mount Norman, leading to the area being protected. (In 1988, Mount Norman Regional Park (CRD) will…
  • September 2, 2025
    The BC Provincial Disc Golf Tournament is held on Pender with more than 30 players from BC and Washington competing.…
  • September 2, 2025
    Dr Don Williams signs on as a full-time medical doctor to the Penders on July 1st.
  • September 2, 2025
    Port Washington Store ceases operation as a general store.
  • DriftConst86

    September 2, 2025
    The Official Community Plan, adopted in 1978, is amended to allow a dominant commercial centre on the island. The present…
  • September 2, 2025
    In September, the Pender Islands Museum Society is formed with the objective of establishing a museum.
  • Brackett Family Reunion

    September 2, 2025
    A Brackett Family Reunion is held on Pender with 192 attendees, leading to a family history authored by Lyall Eriksen…
  • September 2, 2025
    The Pender Island Recycling Society (PIRS) is created after a CRD proposal for a waste transfer station is defeated. Land…