LATEST NEWS

April Tools 2019

The Fireflies take 1st Place! (Again.)
Gunboat Bay Challenger battles into second, and SS Wim slides into third.

Youth team Iceberg wins the 1st place title, with Titanic in second and Egg 2/Mark Sucks in third. Details

2019 memberships are due!
It's that time of year again! To renew your membership, drop your fee in the mail (4334 Irvines Landing Rd., Garden Bay, V0N1S1), in the drop-box on the back porch of Sarah Wray Hall, or at the next event you attend. See membership details and form.
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If you're wondering if your membership has expired, please email info@penderharbourheritage.ca.

Cedar Canoe Raffle 2019
Starting in April, we'll be raffling off our 2019 Boatbuilding class Cedar Strip Canoe as a fundraiser for our society. Tickets are $10 each.

Buy tickets at our booth at April Tools on April 27, on the field at May Day on May 18, and at Pender Harbour Days, Aug. 3. If you can't make it to one of those dates and would like to buy a ticket, please get in touch.
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The draw will be in the afternoon on August 4 at Pender Harbour Days. 

From the Archives

A collection of photos from the Horace and Hattie Williamson family has recently been added to the online photo collection.  Browse the archives and go to Advanced Search then Catalog Number and enter 2018.8 to view this collection.

Horace and Hattie Williamson and friends celebrating Buccaneer Day at their log house on Beaver Island, July 1912. PHLHS 2018.8.23

Heritage Signs in Pender Harbour

Heritage Panels currently in development by the PH Living Heritage Society will also be integrated into the trail signage project.

One of our ongoing projects includes marking the trails and pathways of Pender Harbour with directional and interpretive signage. Initiated by the Pender Harbour Hikers, the signage project is funded by a grant from the Sunshine Coast Community Forest Legacy Fund made through the Pender Harbour Advisory Council. Continue reading...

Pender Harbour's Maritime History

Alethea Brooks in a rowboat, circa 1945.

Pender Harbour’s protected waters are fringed by an intricate shoreline. The names of the many coves and inlets hint of a colourful history: Whiskey Slough, Gunboat Narrows, Hospital Bay. In this unique place, pioneers lived at the water’s edge, always mindful of the great ocean that gave their home its life and meaning.

Until a road connected Pender Harbour to Sechelt in 1936, travel was mainly by water. Boats of all kinds visited harbour shores – dugout canoes, fishing boats, steamships, mission boats, forestry boats, school boat ferries, work boats, pleasure boats. Read more about Pender Harbour's Maritime Heritage.

​Book Sarah Wray
​Heritage Hall
​for your next event!
Capacity of 50 people, full kitchen, 2 bathrooms, wheelchair accessible, tables, chairs available. For details, see our availability calendar.

​Become a member!
If you care about preserving Pender Harbour's unique history and making it available for others to learn about and enjoy, please help by becoming a member of the Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society. More information

Pender Harbour history
​in a book

Women of Pender Harbour:
​Their Voices, Their History
In this award-winning hardcover book, Pender Harbour is presented through the eyes of early women settlers. The historical narrative is augmented with over 200 historical photographs, biographical profiles, timeline and genealogies. Produced by the Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, all proceeds go towards preserving Pender Harbour's history.

The book is available for purchase at locations in BC and by mail order.
More information

Download the 
Community Resource Directory (PDF)

Now available!
Local author Ray Phillips writes about the history of Jervis Inlet in his new book "The Royal Fjord: Memories of Jervis Inlet", released by Harbour Publishing.

​Author royalties for this book are being donated to the Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society.

The book is available locally at the EarthFair Store: 604.883.9006. While you're there, pick up Ray's other book Little Green Valley, which is all about the Kleindale area of Pender Harbour.