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Things to Do Menu
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“Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination.”
Joseph Addison
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In January
- Take part in (okay then, just watch) the Polar Bear Swim at Seafarer's Park.
- Read "Fishing With John" by Garden Bay's Edith Iglauer Daly.
- Tour the Daniel Point subdivision to admire the fabulous lottery prize homes located there.
- Take in the sunset as you enjoy dinner at the Grasshopper Pub-- try the traditional East Indian special on Thursday.
- Collect driftwood and ocean-smoothed stones from Lee Bay.
- Hunt for a fat and tasty winter-spring salmon. Local secret: this is the best time of year to catch your limit!
- Check out festivals, live entertainment and other events in our January Calendar.
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In February
- Spend an afternoon in the Pender Harbour Reading Centre.
- Test your knowledge (and your luck!) at the Legion 112’s Quiz Nite.
- Take a course through the Pender Harbour Community School.
- Pamper yourself in the sauna and hot tub at the Pender Harbour Aquatic Centre.
- Enjoy delicious, early-morning Eggs Bennie at Seiner's Restaurant.
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In March
- Celebrate St. Paddy's Day at a local pub— phone first to find out who has green beer!
- Sketch a commercial fishing boat tied up at the Whiskey Slough wharf.
- Check out local talent or participate in Wednesday night karioke at Garden Bay Pub.
- Read “Raincoast Chronicles” (Harbour Publishing) for some local coastal lore.
- Eat a legendary Skookumburger and watch the hummingbirds return to the Backeddy Pub.
- Check out festivals, live entertainment and other events in our March Calendar.
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In April
- Learn some fascinating Pender Harbour history in “The Curve of Time” by M. Wylie Blanchette.
- Enjoy some home cookin' at Laverne's Grill in Garden Bay. Not hungry? Surf the net.
- Have an extreme 4X4 adventure exploring the Caren Range on old logging roads.
- Enjoy a Pender Harbour Music Society concert.
- Join a team to compete in the April Tools wooden boat challenge.
- Have a picnic and enjoy the panoramic view at the top of Pender Hill.
- Test your skill at the Pender Harbour Golf Course driving range.
- Check out festivals, live entertainment and other events in our April Calendar.
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In May
- Photograph birds collecting nesting material from last year's pampas grass plume.
- Take in the Attack of Danger Bay longboard races, longboard hockey and slide competitions. Hard core? You’ll love the punk rock bands at the awards ceremony dance.
- Join the Old Farts Club for morning coffee and gossip— they meet at Triple B Burgers.
- Buy something totally useless but absolutely charming at the Spring Bazaar.
- Have a picnic in the gazebo at Seafarer's Park and admire the commercial fish boats.
- Check out festivals, live entertainment and other events in our May Calendar.
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In June
- Collect oysters off a rocky Nelson Island beach or visit a commercial oyster farm.
- Visit Kleindale Nursery and Pam’s Plants to find new acquisitions for your garden.
- Go windsurfing in Garden Bay Lake.
- Drive to the end (or is it the beginning?) of Highway 101— it's at Lund, an easy day-trip.
- Enjoy a traditional Lions Club Father's Day Pancake Breakfast at Lions Park.
- Check out festivals, live entertainment and other events in our June Calendar.
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In July
- Read an L.R. Wright Sunshine Coast murder-mystery.
- Shop for fresh, locally grown produce at Roosendal Farm.
- Tour Pender Harbour aboard the Slo-Cat ferry.
- Check out festivals, live entertainment and other events in our July Calendar.
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In August
- Swim and spot turtles in Ruby Lake.
- Visit the Flying Anvil Studio and Motoko's Fine Art Gallery in Garden Bay.
- Pick gallons of fat, wild blackberries for eating right now, or for freezing, making jam, pies, and liqueurs.
- Admire the yachts tied up from the deck at Garden Bay Pub.
- Check out festivals, live entertainment and other events in our August Calendar.
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In September
- Read “Bertrand Russell: Pender Harbour Cowboy” by Betty Keller.
- Rent a kayak to explore the many small inlets of Agamemnon Channel.
Enter your homegrown produce in a competition at the Pender Harbour Fall Faire.
- Let a real estate agent show you a million-dollar waterfront home. Fantasize that it's yours.
- Wonder why there's so many helicopters around this time of year.
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In October
- Catch a monster trout in Garden Bay Lake.
- Read a Maureen Foss novel.
- Grab some friends, appoint one as Designated Driver, and head off on an old-fashioned pub
crawl tour. Plan your route at Pender Harbour Dot Com (Dining & Pubs).
- Check out festivals, live entertainment and other events in our October Calendar.
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In November
- Browse art, crafts and gifts at the Harbour Spirit and Copper Sky shops in Madeira Park.
- Plant bulbs beside a rural-route mailbox or in front of a road sign.
- Pick out a lobster for dinner from the live tank at Off the Hook Seafoods.
- Rent a boat to try your luck at bottom fishing— rock cod, yum!.
- Read a perfectly trashy, best-selling romance novel by Judy Gill (she's from Egmont).
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In December
- Spend an evening touring the area to admire Christmas light displays.
- Collect cedar boughs, Oregon grape, salal, and pinecones to make a holiday wreath.
- Shop locally— it benefits the whole community.
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