Pender Island Museum

The museum is located in the Roe House at Roesland on North Pender island.  Roseland is one of the properties that form the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve.
 
When Parks Canada acquired Roesland, the original homestead had sadly deteriorated and was close to collapse as many of the foundation posts had rotted away.  Parks Canada offered the use of the building to the Pender Island Museum Society with a long term lease at negligible cost if the Society would restore the building to a condition suitable for public access as a museum.  The Society would also assume full responsibility for all maintenance and annual operating expenses and would receive no financial assistance from Parks Canada.  The Society accepted the offer and began a two year restoration process that included replacing the posts with a proper perimeter foundation and the reconstruction of the missing front porch and portico.
 
The Museum was officially opened in July 2005.