Pender Canal

The Pender Canal separates North and South Pender island. It was first dredged in 1902 to make the canal large enough for the steamship, the Iroquois, to traverse from the Hope Bay dock on North Pender to Sidney, a safer and shorter route than around South Pender. In 1955, the islands were joined again by a picturesque one lane bridge. Artifacts found during an archeological dig in the 70′s show native use of this area some 5,000 years ago.