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Summer Student Job Opportunity
We invite applications for the position of Student Intern in the summer museum
at historic Sarah Wray Hall in Garden Bay.
4 days/week, ​July 5 - September 2, 2018
More details

Pender Harbour Days 2018: August 3-5

We're moving the Pender Harbour Days event to the August long weekend this year and will be focusing on maritime history and activities, including the boat parade (Friday), heritage boat displays, heritage talks, and more.
Stay tuned for more information!
Check out photos from previous years
CALLING ALL VINTAGE BOATS! 
You're invited to participate in
​Pender Harbour Days 2018!
The FIREFLIES won again!
More info and photo gallery

Boatbuilding: January 2018

Join boatbuilder and instructor Rick Crook of Oyster Bay Boats and learn cedar strip boatbuilding techniques at Sarah Wray Hall starting Wednesday evenings in January 10, 2018.

The class project will be to build an 11.5-foot cedar strip canoe, which will be raffled off as a fundraiser for the Royal Canadian Search & Rescue Unit 61, Pender Harbour.

More info (Sorry - registration is now full!)

Nov. 19, 2017 Art Show a Great Success!

Thank you to everyone who came out on such a rainy day to visit our 2017 Art Show! Everyone enjoyed seeing the artwork produced by Shelley’s students in 2017, topped off by refreshments served by Rosemary and Christmas music served up by the HUGS ukulele group. The hall was rocking with great energy and enthusiasm. A big thank you to Shelley, the artists and volunteers who made it happen. If you’ve always wanted to give art a try, watch the website for new classes in 2018.
Check out the photo gallery!
From the Archives
Photos from the 1960's and 1970's have recently been added. Please browse the archives and go to Advanced Search then Catalog Number and enter 2012.2 to view the additions.
Can you identify anyone ​in these photos?
(Click the image to view the larger size in our database, and then "send us feedback" on the photo page to identify people, places, and things.)
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Martin Anderson (left) and Eddy Reid arm wrestling at a 1970's May Day. PHLHS 2012.2.32

Heritage Signs in Pender Harbour

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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...
​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 and view our photo gallery.
​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

Pender Harbour's Maritime History

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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
Coming up in May at Sarah Wray Hall:
Creativity connects Community
Ignite your courage to create & awaken your inner heARTist! Explore, expand, and embrace your creative expression
with a limited group of 8 in this 4 week Expressive Arts series.

4 Thursdays, MAY 3, 10, 17, 24, 10 am - 2pm at Sarah Wray Hall, 4334 Irvines Landing Rd.

$160 includes all materials for your YOU~nique creations.
​​​Instructor: Marion Prochau
Pre-registration required: email marionprochnau@gmail.com
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.