Golf Traditional golfers will find a nine-hole golf course with a pro shop and a clubhouse popular for its great meals. For information call Pender Island Golf and Country Club at 629-6659. While the Penders can't brag about warm ocean water, there are public swimming pools at Bedwell Harbour, Otter Bay Marina, and Port Browning, and several warm lakes. The public dock at Magic Lake is a popular local swimming hole for children, and more secluded swimming can be enjoyed at pristine Roe Lake. Mount Norman offers views from the peak for the energetic hiker.
Facilities are a bike rack, toilet, and viewing platform.
If you turn off on the marked trail heading down through the forest and along the canal, you'll hike along a wooded trail with frequent sea views and eventually arrive at Beaumont Park. It's well worth the 40-minute walk and children will enjoy playing on the small white shell beach upon arrival. Facilities here include forest seats, toilets, water, picnic tables, campsites and many mooring buoys for boats. Roesland, a recently acquired, 230-hectare park, includes a headland, a fresh water lake, beaches, and lots of mountain and forest. Take the trail past the Davidson home to the headland, checking out the beautiful beach en route as well as the rotting remains of an Indian war canoe, found washed up on the beach 100 years ago.