We are honoured to be situated in kalpilin (Pender Harbour),
within the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the shíshálh Nation.
within the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the shíshálh Nation.
Latest NewsUpcoming Class at Sarah Wray Hall
2024 Boatbuilding Class: Cedar Strip Canoe
Sarah Wray Hall has a new roof!
Thank you again to everyone who donated and helped make it happen
The new metal roof was installed September 2023 by Wilson's Cladding & Sheet Metal. Sarah Wray Hall opens to the public
throughout the year
We're open to the public on select days throughout the year.
Next opening: October 23 & 24, 11-3 Drop by to renew your membership, chat about volunteering, look at the displays, or just to say hi! Self-Guided Heritage Tour
of the Pender Harbour area Take a self-guided heritage tour of historic places throughout the Pender Harbour area, including in Francis Peninsula, Madeira Park, Kleindale, and Garden Bay. Use the map on our website, or go directly to the map in Google maps.
Visit Our Online Shop
Check out our items available for purchase, including a limited edition print, our Women of Pender Harbour book, antique Japanese glass fishing floats, a map of Pender Harbour from 1948, postcards of local net sheds, and our Fishing Company Flags poster. All proceeds support projects of Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society.
Painting by Shelley Stunnell
Pender Harbour Days
Wooden Boat Festival August 2023, Madeira Park
Thank you for coming! View photo gallery Thank you to everyone who attended, participated, and volunteered to make this year's event a great success! 
2023 Canoe Raffle Fundraiser
And the winner is... Christina E. of Gibsons!
Thank you to everyone who bought tickets for this year's raffle. You made it our best fundraising year yet! 
Canoe Raffle 2023 - The Loon winner Christina E. of Gibsons
WE'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS! Archives Do you enjoy local history? Are you detail oriented? Volunteer to assist to catalogue archival material in a user-friendly database system. Events Do you enjoy event planning s such as historical talks, coffee drop-ins, etc. at Sarah Wray Hall. Or work at our sales tables at April Tools or Pender Harbour Days. Be a member of the planning team for Pender Harbour Days or other events. Writing If you enjoy writing and learning about our local history, let us know. Articles are for local publications and online. BOARD MEMBER NEEDED! Would you like to become part of our volunteer board? If you love history, please tell us a bit about yourself. Our events include April Tools and Pender Harbour Days along with other projects. We can use your talents in any of the following areas: writing, data entry, event planning, conducting interviews, fundraising. Interested? Send us your details! Identify people in historic photos
We have over 200 photos in our collection with unidentified people. If you recognize someone, please click the photo to enlarge it and send us your info by clicking "Send Us Feedback" at the top right of the record. You'll be helping us provide a more accurate record of Pender Harbour history! View unidentified people here 
Grace Sophia Brynildsen, centre, standing with two girlfriends in a garden, probably on the Brynildsen property in Garden Bay.
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Harbour HeritageBecome a member or renew your membership Memberships help us apply for grants and cover the costs of Sarah Wray Heritage Centre and our online archives database. Please show your support: View membership details and form. Etransfer accepted! Questions? Contact Us! Latest additions:
Harbour Spiels #1-190 
The February 1991 issue of the Harbour Spiel newspaper, published by Myrtle Winchester. This was the first issue of this newspaper. Read the full issue (pdf download) Search for other issues (database search results) We acknowledge with thanks a 2022 grant from the Sunshine Coast Regional District to digitize these issues of the Harbour Spiels. Rent Sarah Wray Hall
for your next meeting, event, activity, or class To book, see our availability calendar. A 50-person capacity, a full (small) kitchen, 2 bathrooms, wheelchair accessibility, internet, tables and chairs, parking. Formerly Irvines Landing school, the hall is one of the last remaining one-room schoolhouses in BC. Read more about the building's history Pender Harbour area Cemetery Listings at Find A Grave.com Forest View Cemetery Warnock Rd. & Francis Peninsula Rd. Kleindale Cemetery God's Little Acre Menacher Rd. & Sunshine Coast Hwy Doing Research What Do Archives Keep? Learn about archives and find out what we look for when we add to our collection. All About Archives (pdf) Primary and Secondary Resources Learn the difference between primary and secondary research resources. Read More (pdf) Questions? Contact Us! Learn how to pronounce traditional names of the Sunshine Coast
The she shashishalhem language is the traditional language spoken by the shíshálh Nation and is a Coast Salish dialect. Learn and hear how to pronounce various words in the she shashishalhem language, including the new highway signs, and phrases like Welcome - ?imash ?imash, Good Morning - ?iy te kwiy kwiy, and more at shishalh.com Local History For historical information about Pender Harbour, contact us to arrange a visit to Sarah Wray Hall or to request information. We have available:
Do you have any Yearbooks?
Thanks to everyone who donated PH Secondary School yearbooks! We're still missing these graduation years: 1973 to 77, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1995, 2002, 04, 05, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20. If you can donate any of these years, please get in touch! Local Authors
In this award-winning book, Pender Harbour is presented through the eyes of early women settlers. Produced by the Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, proceeds preserve Pender Harbour's history. More information 
Ray Phillips writes about Jervis Inlet history in his 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. Thanks Ray! Get your copy at EarthFair Store. While you're there, pick up Ray's Little Green Valley, about the Kleindale area of Pender Harbour. Thank you for
the support! 
We acknowledge with thanks a 2023 grant from the Sunshine Coast Regional District. 
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