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Pender Harbour, Ruby Lake & Egmont

ORCA GALLERY , Courtesy of Eric Clark, MV Alligator
These Orcas were photographed in the Pender Harbour area, mid-August, 2004. Click on the icons for a larger image.

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A DAY IN PENDER HARBOUR

MAIN ANNUAL EVENTS

April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge - Madeira Park, April 24
Annual Wood Duck Wilderness Festival - Ruby Lake, May 2
Malaspina Regatta - July TBA
Midsummer Festival - August TBA Lions Club Park, Pender
Pender Hospital Bay Days - August 19-21, Garden Bay
Pender Harbour Jazz Festival - Pender Harbour, Sept. 16-18

Pender Harbour from the Air
Pender Harbour from the air, courtesy of Sunshine Coast Resort

Facts about Pender Harbour

POPULATION of Pender Harbour (10.5% of the total Sunshine Coast)

May 1996 census - 2573 people
May 1986 census - 1934 people

To get to Pender Harbour, take the Sunshine Coast ferry from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver to the Langdale terminal. (For ferry details, see the website: www.bcferries.bc.ca, or call 1-888-BCFERRY.) Head straight up the hill on the bypass road to get to Highway 101 North. Keep going through Gibsons and along the highway past Roberts Creek, Wilson Creek and Davis Bay. Stay on the highway right through Sechelt and continue north past Halfmoon Bay and Secret Cove. About 15 km past Secret Cove, you'll come to the south end of the Pender area, called Madeira Park.

Or, if you're coming from Powell River, take the ferry from Saltery Bay to Earls Cove at the north end of the Sunshine Coast. Malaspina Coach Lines charter bus service runs from both the Langdale and Earls Cove terminals, and public transit from Langdale.
Tel: 604-885-2217
Toll Free: 1-877-227-8287

Or you can even fly if that strikes your fancy.

Hiking in the Pender area offers rewarding views!Pender Harbour Tourism Association

Image at right courtesy of Sunshine Coast Resort

  Information in these pages was gratefully gleaned from the following sources:

  • by Howard White, Harbour Publishing
  • by Betty C. Keller and Rosella M.Leslie, Horsdal & Schubart Publisher
  • edited by Peter A. Robson, Harbour Publishing
  • by Helen Dawe, Harbour Publishing
  • the excellent series Technical Background Report, produced by the Sunshine Coast Regional District for each area in their jurisdiction, including Roberts Creek (Area D), Halfmoon Bay (Area B), West Howe Sound (Area F), Elphinstone (Area E), and Pender Harbour, Garden Bay and Egmont (Area A)
  • the helpful folks at Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives

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