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Art Classes Fall 2018

Join instructor Shelley Stunell for our fall 2018 art classes at Sarah Wray Hall, 4334 Irvines Landing Rd., Garden Bay. 
Classes include:
Colour Pencil (Sept. 5-24)
Acrylic Painting (Oct. 10 - Nov. 19)
Register here

Pender Harbour Days 2018: August 3-5

A festival of maritime history and activities, including the boat parade (Friday), heritage boat displays, heritage talks, and more.
More details at www.penderharbourdays.ca
Check out photos from previous years
July-August 2018: Sarah Wray Hall is open!
Thursday to Sunday 10 am to 3 pm
Stop by and check out historic artifacts, displays and collections.
4334 Irvines Landing Rd. by Hotel Lake in Garden Bay.
Built in 1931, the former Irvines Landing School was restored 2012-2014 and is one of BC's last remaining one-room schoolhouses. Read more...
The FIREFLIES won again!
More info and 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...

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
​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
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.