Garden Bay
According to the 2006 census, 323 of Pender Harbour's population lives in Garden Bay.
This community within a community features a grocery/general store, post office, one of three Pender Harbour government wharves, a number of marinas and several yacht club outstations.
It’s also the home of Garden Bay Hotel, popular for its live entertainment. This establishment, not really a hotel but a restaurant and pub, holds the oldest license on the Sunshine Coast.
Attractions
Events
- Four Lakes Run - Annual event in August.
- Garden Bay Classic - Annual fishing derby in May.
- Pender Harbour Show & Shine. Learn more>>
- Rhododendron Festival - Annual event in May.
History
This small area is important to our history as the site of the first hospital on the Sunshine Coast, St. Mary’s. Learn more>>
The old hospital building still looks over Hospital Bay, but now as the Sundowner Inn.
Garden Bay wasn’t named for its beautiful gardens although these are plentiful, in spite of the resident deer. It seems that a government surveyor, a Mr. Garden, assigned to mapping and naming the area, was either lacking in imagination or over-endowed with ego, leaving us with Garden Bay, Garden Bay Road, Garden Peninsula and Garden Bay Lake. Our federal government kept up the tradition by dedicating Garden Bay Marine Park.
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