Pender Island

Pender Iceland is an island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It belongs to the Southern Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia and is located between Mayne Iceland in the northeast, Saturna Iceland in the east, Prevost Iceland in the northwest and Duncan on Vancouver Iceland in the west.

Iceland Pender is actually two islands, namely North Pender and South Pender, which were separated by a channel built in 1903. Only in 1955 the two islands were reconnected through a one-lane bridge. On the 34 km ² island double 2266 people live (North Pender: 2035; South Pender: 201), most live to Magic Lake on North Pender. Administratively, the islands belong to the Capital Regional District and there, among other things, together with Iceland Galiano, Mayne Iceland, Iceland Saturna, the district chapter G.

History

The island was inhabited before the arrival of the first Europeans of coastal Salish. Today, a reserve named Pender Iceland 8 with an area of ​​3.2 ha at Hay Point on South Pender Iceland, the members of the Tsawout and Tseycum First Nations consists inhabit.

Francisco de Eliza in 1791 reached Pender and named the island " Ysla de San Eusevio ". The island got its name by Captain George Henry Richards, who, one of his officers, named after Daniel Pender. Only in 1886 was the first settler on the island.

On a former village called St'eyus in Bedwell Harbour Poets Cove Resort was built, near Hay Point, where the Tseycum and Tsawout dried salmon. Even at the end of the 19th century, the colonial power had renamed the village after a ship in Egeria Bay. Since 1955 was the local archaeological site, possibly dating back 5000 years, under protection. In 2002, the construction of the resort began in the ado vice baptized bay, which the government had permitted. Only when complained the Tseycum, the contractor applied for a permit from Calgary. During the construction the remains were excavated by at least 50 dead. On 10 February 2003, the parties concerned filed a lawsuit for breach of the Heritage and Conservation Act. Olga Ilich, former president of Suncor Development Ltd.. , Became the minister of tourism and at the same time responsible for the protection of archaeological sites in the province. The specialist archaeological contractor IR Wilson Consultants Ltd.. took three years to offset even approximately the damage caused, for research.

In 2007, the provincial government with the Tsawwassen First Nation a treaty that granted them also fishing rights to Pender Iceland. In contrast, in 2006, turned the Sencot'en ​​specially founded to Alliance, which refers to its legal claims arising from the Douglas Treaties of 1852, and the members of the Tsartlip, Tsawout and Pauquachin of the Saanich Peninsula and the Semiahmoo of White Rock.

Traffic

Pender Iceland is by the ferries of the BC Ferries from Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal ( in Victoria ) Tsawwassen ( near Vancouver ), and the adjacent Gulf Islands approached. In addition, there are regular connections by seaplanes, a small airfield and a water taxi service. Bedwell Harbour is a customs area for visitors from the United States, as the island lies directly on the border.

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