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A government surveyor named Garden, assigned to mapping and naming the area, is how Garden Bay, Garden Bay Road, Garden Peninsula and Garden Bay Lake came by their names.

Garden Bay is tucked between the waters of Garden Bay and Hospital Bay on the north side of Pender Harbour on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada. The communities of Garden Bay, Madeira Park, Irvine's Landing and Kleindale are known collectively as Pender Harbour. Garden Bay is located on the Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, and, not counting the time spent at the ferry terminal, is within a two hour drive from Vancouver.

Picturesque Garden Bay has marinas, a general store, a legendary blues pub, restaurants and a heritage inn.

Pender Harbour

The Sunshine Coast lives up to its name. Generally winters are mild and wet, and the summers drier than many other coastal areas. The temperature can range here from 3 degrees Celsius to 21 degrees Celsius. Pender Harbour has 1,906 hours of sunshine per year. Average rainfall is about 300mm; with the average snowfall is about 93 cm. This temperate climate has made this a popular area for retirees and vacationers looking for outdoor recreational opportunities of all sorts.

Garden Bay is accessed by ferry terminal and paved road. From the Lower Mainland, BC Ferries provides service from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale. From Langdale, Highway 101 runs to the end of the Sunshine Coast at Lund. The distance from Vancouver to Garden Bay is about 100 kilometres.

A dominant feature of the community, Garden Bay Provincial Marine Park is fronted by 200 metres of shoreline and includes the 471-metre high Mount Daniel.

 

Pender Harbour is a large, multi-inleted bay on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, on the east side of Malaspina Strait. Once a steamer stop, and an important logging and medical waypoint, it is now an unincorporated community within the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD).

Pender Harbour consists of the smaller communities of Madeira Park, Garden Bay, Irvine's Landing and Kleindale. Tourism forms an important part of the local economy, as Pender Harbour offers many outdoor recreational opportunities. Annual festivals popular with locals and visitors alike include Pender Harbour Show & Shine, May Day (the second oldest May Day celebration in B.C.) and the Pender Harbour Blues Festival to name just a few. It is also home to the biggest and longest running downhill longboard race in Canada, Attack of Danger Bay.

Named in 1860 by Captain G.H. Richards, RN, after Daniel Pender, RN ( - 1891). Pender arrived on this coast as second master of the the survey vessel Plumper, 9 November 1857; served as master of the Plumper and the Hecate; commander of the Beaver (hired from Hudson's Bay Company for hydrographic work), 1863-70; assistant, Hydrographic Office, London, 1871-84.

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