Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society
4334 Irvines Landing Rd. V0N1S1

FOR SALE and FOR SAIL! A beautiful 22 foot daysailer was donated to us by the fabulous Bob Fielding to sell as a fundraiser for the Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society. Sarah Wray Hall needs a new roof! Details, more photos, and contact information are in the ad. It's sailing season! https://sunshine.craigslist.org//garden-ba/7306023045.html

Own an original Barrie Farrell painting! Silent Auction Fundraiser extended to April 30! Place your bid on this beautiful 20" x 20" original acrylic painting donated by boatbuilder, author, and artist Barrie Farrell, who lived and worked in the Pender Harbour area for many years and has built over 300 boats in his lifetime. This painting is being auctioned off with proceeds to be donated to Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society and Rotary Club of Pender Harbour in appreciati...on for the work done to refurbish Forest View Cemetery (at Warnock Rd. & Francis Peninsula Rd.) over the past 2 years. Please submit your bid to Brenda Scoular by email [email protected] or phone 604 883 2701 by April 30, 2021. The winning bid will be split equally between the two community organizations. www.penderharbourheritage.ca

Coming up next Saturday! Local author, publisher, and long time resident Howard White tells stories about the Sunshine Coast from his new book!

Local author and publisher Howard White of Harbour Publishing did an interview with CBC recently about his latest book, which spotlights history and humour of B.C.'s Sunshine Coast! Interview: https://www.cbc.ca//howard-white-collection-sunshine-coast Book: https://harbourpublishing.com//new-/products/9781550179248

A little background on the Brynildsen family, who lived in the Garden Bay area of Pender Harbour in the 1920s and 1930s, compiled and written by PHLHS volunteer researcher and archivist (and West Vancouver Archives staff) Carol Howie.

Today we remember Stan Silvey, shíshálh Nation member and soldier who served for Canada during World War II. Stan is pictured here with Olga Silvey, Pauline McN...utt and Grace Silvey (Egmont, 1943). Stan was an engineer in the army (thanks Barbara Higgins!). Many thanks to Cliff Silvey for telling us about his father and his role in WWII. Lest we forget. See more

"This is the actual flag used to designate Battalion Headquarters of the 102nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (North British Columbians) in World War 1. It was fir...st used during the Battle of Amiens (the commencement of open warfare) August 8, 1918; through to September 6, 1918, which included the Second Battle of Arras (the penetrating of the Drocourt-Queant Line and the capture of Canal du Nord) when a new flag was necessary, as this one had well served its honoured purpose. I was adjutant of the Battalion at this time and so retained this old rag and have treasured it ever since as my outstanding souvenir. This flag was made in the field by our quartermaster staff. It is (or was) a small red square over a large green square, designating the 4th Battalion of the 11th Brigade of the 4th Canadian Division. I think that this flag should now rest in the archives of the Province of British Columbia." - S. H. Okell - November 11, 1959 #RemebranceDay #RBCMRemembers

Our archives volunteers have been working hard over the past few months to add a whole lot of new photos and documents to our digital collection! New additions include photos and programs from the Pender Harbour Choir, the Brynildsen family photo album from the 1930s (Barney donated land for St. Mary’s Hospital and built Garden Bay Hotel), and Fred Brooks’ family photos from the 1950s. Check out our digital collection online: http://www.penderharbourheritage.ca/digital-collection.html

Remember to sign up for a Zoom invite to our AGM on October 30! Visit our website to register. www.penderharbourheritage.ca

Our latest newsletter and updates. Join us for our AGM on October 30 via Zoom: https://mailchi.mp/f2d1c6fc8da0/latest-news-agm-october-30th

If you miss having Jessica Silvey's courses up here in Pender Harbour this year, you can sign up for an upcoming outdoor class at Sunshine Coast Museum!

Check out this 1930s photo of Barney Brynildsen's house and store in Garden Bay. The house later became the Garden Bay Hotel. Photo record is here: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com//EB267 See more photos from the Brynildsen family album here: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com/advance

Pender Harbour Choir photos can now be viewed in our digital database. This one is from 2013. For member names, see the photo record in our database: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com//FE7E8 You can view lots more choir photos in our database here: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com/advance

Missing your classmates? Here are the grade 1-4 students from 1921 with their teacher, Mary Graham. Classes were held in the old Irvines Landing school, which was located in a converted logging bunkhouse at the Irvines Landing waterfront. In 1931 the new Irvines Landing School (now Sarah Wray Hall) was opened next to Hotel Lake. View student identities in our digital database: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com//F3B9D

Few if any artifacts in our Pender Harbour and area collection come close to the creepy things in this worldwide #CreepiestObject Twitter thread started by Yorkshire Museum last Friday's #CuratorBattle https://twitter.com/YorkshireMus/status/1251074717408264192

For all of you missing Chair Yoga with Carole - subscribe to her Youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzpviRudo3P0RbKlfNJRpw

Pender Harbour Days July 31 to August 2, 2020 has been postponed. Take care everyone, celebration coming when isolation times are over.Pender Harbour Days July 31 to August 2, 2020 has been postponed. Take care everyone, celebration coming when isolation times are over.

Sarah Wray Hall has suspended all classes and events indefinitely.Sarah Wray Hall has suspended all classes and events indefinitely.

COVID 19 The scrd website www.scrd.ca has regular updates as well as Emergency Operations Centre bulletins. Pender Harbour Area Residents Association (PHARA)has vital local information constantly being updated. http://www.phara.ca/covid-19-update

From the Sunshine Coast Division of Family Practice. Please share widely.

Postponed - ART CLASSES with Shelley Landscape April 6 - 29

**No April Tools for 2020** Due to COVID-19 and the cancellation of public gatherings of greater than 250 people, April Tools 2020 will not take place. We regre...t not being able to bring this event to the community this year. But we have already made a plan and a prototype so we are ready for next year. See you on April 24, 2021! See more

POSTPONED until further notice. PHLHS Annual General Meeting to be held at Sarah Wray Hall on March 27, 2020.

Isolation, terrible pay and rustic hardships were no deterrent to the many women who taught one-room schoolhouses long ago. Here is Mrs. Evans c. 1929 with her ...seven students of Vancouver Bay School in Jervis Inlet. Students: Leslie Mitchell, Buster Sundquist, Lionel Mitchell, Ted Sundquist, Isa Johnson, Elma Sundquist and Lilian Johnson. See more

PHLHS Annual General Meeting to be held at Sarah Wray Hall on March 27, 2020 starting at 1pm. Location is 4334 Irvines Landing Rd. Memberships are due and new members, board members, volunteers and acquisitions are always welcome. Dues are: Single - $10 annual or $45 for 5 years Family - $15 annual or $70 for 5 years Organization - $20 annual

Circa 1910, Joe Gonsalves' family and friends, possibly at Irvines Landing. Full details and identifications available in the archives on our website! https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com//D9625

Fun Sunday learning cedar weaving with Jess Silvey Red Cedar Woman at Sarah Wray Hall yesterday! We learned a cool diamond pattern and had natural dye colour accents. Stay tuned for a Medicinal Plant workshop coming up in the next couple of months. (Details to be announced.)

Great classes coming up at Sarah Wray Hall in March and April! Cedar Weaving - March 1 (only a couple spots left!) http://www.penderharbourheritage.ca/weavingclass-march2020.... Art Classes - Portraits March 2-25 and Landscapes April 6-29 http://www.penderharbourheritage.ca/art-classes-spring-2020

Does anyone happen to have info about these folks? Pictured are Mr. and Mrs. Chappell (Mr. Chappell with pipe) and A.P. Harrold aboard the Aletha M. on Jervis Inlet. Patrick Point up inlet to the left. Photo circa 1920 by Ena Harrold. #BCHeritageWeek

May your Valentine be forever in your heart. June 1957: Local author and fisherman Ray Phillips and wife Doris Collins Phillips on their wedding day at the Anglican chapel next to St. Mary's Hospital in Garden Bay. Ray's sister Diana is beside Reverend Alan Greene.