The Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, a registered non-profit charity, is interested in Pender Harbour's past and is determined to share that enthusiasm with the community. Comprised of three separate partner groups, PHLHS members take part in a wide variety of projects in the Harbour.
The Maritime Section is responsible for the April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge that draws participants from across the Sunshine Coast and beyond. This mixture of inventive boatbuilding, high school team antics and kids' mini-boatbuilding is blended with a variety of community activities and comprises one of the most enjoyable Harbour activities of the year. We actively participate in community heritage projects including refurbishing the Pender Harbour entance boat, the Harbour Spirit. We also look after and bring out for public exhibition the Bert MacKay collection, an eclectic group of mementos ranging from Easthope engines to a bathtub full of glass net floats!
The Sarah Wray Heritage Hall restoration group is focused on the preservation of the old Irvine's Landing School. We hope to turn this community landmark into a functional and active community centre for Garden Bay and the surrounding community.
The Archive Legacy group produced the award winning hard cover book Women of Pender Harbour, Their Voices, Their History, with all proceeds going towards preservation of history in Pender Harbour.
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What Do You Mean, No Screws?
April 30th, 2012
Builders were surprised to find no screws in their building materials at the 2012 April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge! Just string and the inevitable duct tape for fasteners! Capping that with a race requirement to pick up and carry an inflated 24" diameter beach ball around the course...well, it was vintage April Tools!...
Needless to say, the Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society isn't going to give that away just yet! No doubt there will be some interesting twist to test the boatbuilding talents of the this year's participants but, as usual, it will not be divulged until the day of the event---which is April 28 this year. One thing you can be sure of is that it will be fun and maybe even a little devilish!
The day will begin at 10AM with the reveal of the 'twist' and the first view of the building mate
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It couldn't have been a more beautiful day for the 10th annual April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge, a welcome change from our blustery on-and-off spring! But the action on the race course was anything but smooth and balmy!...
