South Pender

Apparently, North and South Pender Island were more attached to one another before 1903, when the Canadian government (at the behest of a private steamship operator, I believe) excavated a canal through the low connection, creating two distinct islands.  We crossed the bridge many times, commuting back and forth from the rural southern island to the more urban :-) northern one.

South Pender extends east almost as much as it extends south, and I spent our long weekend thinking I was looking south when I was actually looking east (pretty much directly at Mount Baker, or the spot in the clouds where Mount Baker typically is found).

Besides our lodgings, South Pender was also a chance to explore Brooks and Gowlland Points, Mount Norman, Poet's Cove, and several small beaches. Some of these are covered in separate posts - or over on Gravel Beach.