Modern/Recent

Modern/Recent

2009    Pender Islands Health Centre expansion opens

2007    Provincial government settlement includes hunting and fishing rights to Tsawwassen First Nation around Pender Island

2005    Pender Islands Museum building opens

2005    Otter Bay Currents Resort opens

2004    New Hope Bay Centre opens

            Poets Cove Resort opens on South Pender

2003    Establishment of the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

2000    New Pender Island Community Hall opens

            100 year time capsule installed at Pender Cemetery by the Museum Society and 106 sponsors

            New Tru Valu Foods opens at the Driftwood Centre

1998    Hope Bay Store destroyed by fire

1996    St. Peter's Anglican Church, built in 1915, moved to larger parcel on Canal Road where there was room for a church hall and parking

1994    Tru Valu Foods opens at the Driftwood Centre

1992    Ferry Queen of Cumberland built

            Old Orchard Farmhouse (Washington Grimmer, 1891) at Port Washinton is extensively rebuilt with great sensitivity

1991    New library building designed by Architect John Roberts opens at Auchterlonie Centre

1987    Port Washington Store ceases operation as a general store

1983    New school community hall facilities completed

            Auchterlonie Centre granted to Recreation and Agricultural Hall Association by Crown

1982    South Pender Fire Hall built