“Neat, reminds me how much life has changed.”

— Gurwant S. Langley, BC

Pender Islands Photo Gallery

Pender Islands Through the Years

Step back in time with our collection of historical photographs, capturing the people, places, and moments that shaped the Pender Islands.

From the W̱SÁNEĆ presence on their traditional lands to early settler homesteads, and from the ways people made a living in earlier times to the growth of community, each image tells a story of resilience, connection, and heritage.

Likely Women's Institute get-together
Hope Bay Hall above Corbett's Store & warehouse
Hope Bay Boat Day 1925 (Washington Grimmer left foreground)
Plumper Land Party
Captain Pender
United Church Manse 1922
United Church 1946
United Church 1926 (Presbyterian before 1926 Church Union)
Pender School & Presbyterian Church above Hope Bay, mid 1910's
Newly Built Church of the Good Shepherd, South Pender, 1938
J Church
Church of the Good Shepherd Consecration 1938