Daniel Pender was a Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 Staff Commander, later Captain, who surveyed the Coast of British Columbia

British Columbia Coast

The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada's western continental coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The usage is synonymous with the term West Coast of Canada....

 aboard HMS Plumper, HMS Hecate

HMS Hecate (1839)

HMS Hecate was a 4-gun paddle sloop launched on 30 March 1839 from the Chatham Dockyard.She was assigned to the Mediterranean Station between 1840 and 1843, she participated during the Syrian War of 1840. After a period of be laid in reserve she served as part of the West Africa Squadron off Africa...

 and the Beaver

Beaver (steamship)

Beaver was the first steamship to operate in the Pacific Northwest of North America. She made remote parts of the west coast of Canada accessible for maritime fur trading and was chartered by the Royal Navy for surveying the coastline of British Columbia....

 from 1857 to 1870.

Legacy

Pender Harbour, a harbour and group of communities on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, are named for Pender, as are North and South Pender Islands

Pender Island

Pender Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands located in the Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. Pender Island is approximately in area and is home to about 2,500 permanent residents, as well as a large seasonal population...

 in the Southern Gulf Islands

Gulf Islands

The Gulf Islands are the islands in the Strait of Georgia , between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada....

 and various placenames associated with those islands. Farther north are also a Mount Pender on Campania Island

Campania Island

Campania Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located south of Prince Rupert, east across Hecate Strait from the Queen Charlotte Islands. To the west of Campania Island, across Estevan Sound, is the Estevan Group archipelago. Banks Island lies to the...

 and a Pender Point on Neroutsos Inlet

Neroutsos Inlet

Neroutsos Inlet is an inlet on the north end of Vancouver Island, off of Quatsino Sound.-Etymology:The inlet was named on 3 May 1927 after Captain Cyril Demetrius Neroutsos , known as "The Skipper", who was manager of Canadian Pacific Railway Coastal Service at the time the feature was named...

. The Pender Harbour area also includes a Mount Daniel.