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 NewsBecome 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. Five year memberships are now available! Etransfer accepted! Memberships run from January to December.
2022's twist: build an outrigger, pilot with two team members, paddle your heart out! (And don't sink.)
Upcoming Classes & Workshops
at Sarah Wray Hall Join us at for some fun, hands-on classes in April, May, June, and July 2023!
Sarah Wray Hall opens to the public
throughout the year
We're open to the public on select days throughout the year. Next opening:
Wed & Thurs Feb. 22 & 23, 10-3 Drop by to renew your membership, chat about volunteering, look at the displays, say hi! WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS! Archives Do you enjoy local history? Are you detail oriented? Volunteer to assist cataloguing archival material in a user-friendly database system. Events Do you enjoy planning events? We need someone to plan events such as historical talks, coffee drop-ins, etc. at Sarah Wray Hall. We also need people to work at sales tables at April Tools and/or Pender Harbour Days and/or to be part of the planning team for Pender Harbour Days. 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 have a passion for history, please tell us a bit about yourself prior to our May AGM. We have many projects on the go and our events include April Tools and Pender Harbour Days. If you have expertise in any of the following areas, we can use your talents: writing, data entry, event planning, conducting interviews, fundraising. Interested? Send us your details! 
Rent the Sarah Wray Hall for your next meeting, event, activity, or class To book the hall, see our availability calendar. Book your next meeting, event, or activity at the Sarah Wray Hall. With a capacity of 50 people, a full (small) kitchen, 2 bathrooms, wheelchair accessibility, internet, and tables and chairs, Sarah Wray Hall is a fantastic local meeting spot. Sarah Wray Hall, formerly Irvines Landing school, is one of the last remaining one-room schoolhouses in BC. Read more about the building's history. 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.
Help! Sarah Wray Hall
needs a new roof!
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.
Hotel Lake Park Project:
Path, Dock, And Small Heritage Boat Livery By creating a small, approved dock and access path on Hotel Lake, we hope to share with local Sunshine Coast residents and visitors, on occasion during the summer months and by donation only, the historical experience of rowing or paddling one of our small collection of non-motorized heritage and replica boats. Read more about the project 
Newly-built Hubert-Evans handliner being rowed on Hotel Lake in 2015 by a boatbuilding class student.
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 HeritageLatest Additions
to the Archives We recently digitized many photos from Pender Harbour Golf Club. Find them all here 
Cutting of the ribbon at the first tee on opening day at Pender Harbour Golf Course, June 21, 1986
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) View our Digital Archives Collection Full of photos, documents, and other local information. Latest addition: Pender Harbour Golf Club 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 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:
Any Yearbooks?
Thanks to everyone who donated PH Secondary School yearbooks! We're still missing these graduation years: 1965, 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 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 
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. Thanks building volunteers! Special thanks to those who helped finish up the exterior of the boat building workshop over the past few months, including: Peter Babik, Dave Davies, Bill Charlton, Sean McAllister, Len Lee, Hank Bargen, Carol Lumley, and Jim McKnight. (Please let us know if we're missing someone!) Thank you for
the support! 
We acknowledge with thanks
a 2022 grant from the Sunshine Coast Regional District. 
We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada.
Nous reconnaissons l'appui financier du gouvernement du Canada. We acknowledge with thanks a 2021 grant from The McLean Foundation. 
Local COVID 19 Information
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