Month: December 2014
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Baybrook and Future Climate Change
There are really very few substantial arguments for the demolition of Baybrook. Given the historical relevance of Hamilton Mack Laing to the Comox Valley and to Canadian environmental science and history, Baybrook is one of the few remaining heritage homes in Comox. As confirmed by the Town of Comox’s 2013 vote, based on the 2013…
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Why Hamilton Mack Laing matters today
There are many reasons why Hamilton Mack Laing, who settled in Comox in 1922 and built his house at Baybrook, near the outlet of Brooklyn Creek in 1923, should matter to Canadians in the twenty-first century. This note does not pretend to enumerate them all, merely to point out the importance of considering Laing’s relation…