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604:(near Vancouver), and other southern Gulf Islands. There are also scheduled seaplane and water taxi services. There is also a system of "car stops," Pender Island's official alternative to hitch hiking. Conveniently located around the island you will find posts with maps, and often a handy chair. Pender Island also has a helicopter pad located near the main shopping mall, the Driftwood Centre. Select helicopters can also land at Fire Hall #1. Bedwell Harbour is an official 581: 63: 461: 51: 564:
The walk/boat in sites at Beaumont on South Pender are closed for overnight camping until further notice as of summer 2022. Beaumont has 11 sites, and amenities include pit toilets and 15 mooring buoys for boaters, which remain open. There is no potable water at Beaumont and no campfires are permitted, regardless of season.
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Prior Centennial has 17 reservable sites and amenities include potable water, pit toilets, picnic tables and fire pits (seasonally available). Shingle Bay campground in the Roe Lake portion of the Reserve has 10 reservable primitive campsites with picnic tables and a pit toilet but no potable water.
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of artifacts in shell middens near Shark Cove identify an Indigenous village site that has been more or less continuously inhabited for five millennia. The Poets Cove Resort was built on an ancient First Nations village site. The provincial government's 2007 settlement with the
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is a 400-page traveler's reference published by Richard Fox. It includes information on hiking, biking, boating, the history of the islands, and includes a navigational map. The most recent version is the 10th Anniversary Edition, published in 2016.
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Pender Island consists of two islands, North Pender and South Pender, which are separated by a narrow canal originally dredged in 1903. In 1955 the islands were connected by a one lane bridge, as it remains today.
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from 1857 to 1870. The first permanent resident of European descent arrived on South Pender Island in 1886. Plumper Sound, the body of water between Mayne, Pender, and Saturna islands, is named for HMS
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leads from the Ainslie Point parking lot to the shoreline via steep switchbacks that cut through dense temperate rainforest. The difficult 1.5 km (0.9 mi) trail at
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Most of the population and services reside on North Pender Island, with the highest concentration surrounding the upper class Magic Lake.
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In 1903, residents of Pender Island petitioned the government to dredge the isthmus between what is now North and South Pender Islands.
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is the island's locally-owned independent newspaper, which has been operating since 1971. The owner of another local news provider,
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has opportunities for boating, kayaking, hiking, camping and wildlife viewing. A difficult 1.5 km (0.9 mi) trail at
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Pender Island is a popular destination for fishing, boating, scuba diving, and other forms of outdoor recreation.
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meanders through the Shingle Bay uplands to one of the Southern Gulf Island's few freshwater lakes. At
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has two options for campers on North Pender at this time: The drive-in, frontcountry sites at
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included hunting and fishing rights on and around Pender Island—an arrangement to which the
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visited Pender in 1791, naming it "Ysla de San Eusevio". The islands, along with
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ascends 244 m (801 ft) to a panoramic look-out with views of the
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at Hay Point on South Pender Island, which is home to members of the
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The Southern Gulf Islands, including North and South Pender.
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Google Map of Pender Island showing Magic Lake subdivision
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Moving Around Pender alternative transportation society
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Index

South Pender Island
A view of North Pender Island's shoreline
The Southern Gulf Islands, including North and South Pender.
British Columbia
MP
Elizabeth May
Green
MLA
Adam Olsen
Green
Time zone
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PST
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Saanich
Southern Gulf Islands
Salish Sea
British Columbia
Canada
population
Contact
Coast Salish peoples
North Straits Salish language
Indian reserve
Tsawout
Tseycum
First Nations
Carbon dating
Tsawwassen First Nation

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