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  • Mack Laing manuscript about motorcycle trip in 1915 gets recognition

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    Trevor Marc Hughes has ventured into the voluminous Laing Papers at the British Columbia Archives to assess an early unpublished book manuscript by the Canadian naturalist Hamilton Mack Laing (1883-1982). Posted on BC Booklook: REVIEW: The Transcontinentalist: Or, The Joys of the Road Manuscript in the Laing Papers at the B.C. Archives, written in 1915…

  • Songwriter finds inspiration at Shakesides – and becomes part of the story

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    Robert Cordrey, a retired gardener, recently moved to Comox and ‘rambles’ often in Mack Laing Park. It was some time before he realized the place he loved had a story. “It was where I had spent hours birdwatching, plant learning and thinking ‘what a setting for a house‘,” he remarked. Robert has been writing songs,…

  • Save Shakesides support continues and GoFundMe page launched

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    The MLHS continues its efforts to preserve Mack Laing’s Shakesides home, and recently received a letter of support from the Denman Conservation Association. “As a conservancy organization, the DCA is keenly aware that we stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before on the path to honour and to protect the natural world.…

  • Des Kennedy writes letter of support for saving Shakesides

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    Des Kennedy, an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, author and environmental activist, has written to MLHS with a letter of support for saving Shakesides. Kennedy is the author of four books of essays including a memoir, “The Passionate Gardener”, and three novels including “Climbing Patrick’s Mountain”. DesKennedyLetterMay2017 -30-

  • Artist Robert Bateman berates Town of Comox

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    Artist Robert Bateman has sent a strong message of censure to the Town of Comox, which has now sent a petition to the BC Superme Court to overturn the Mack Laing Trust and demolish Shakesides, the house naturalist Hamilton Mack Laing built in 1950. Bateman, who has been aware of the campaigns by the Mack…

  • Town of Comox files court petition to overturn Mack Laing Trust

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    On April 4, 2017, the Town of Comox filed a petition with the BC Supreme Court to overturn the Mack Laing Trust, demolish Shakesides and create a viewing platform, violating the original terms of the Trust, which required the Town to create a “natural history museum” in Shakesides. The Town claims there wasn’t enough money…

  • Comox Valley Land Trust supports community effort to save Shakesides

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    The Comox Valley Land Trust has sent a letter to the Town of Comox requesting a “collaborative solution” to saving Shakesides from demolition. “The Comox Valley Conservation Partnership (CVCP) steering committee is requesting Council to consider the proposal put forward by Comox Valley Nature Society before moving forward with the resolution to demolish “Shakesides.” Read…

  • BC Nature supports nature house in Shakesides

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    On March 9, 2017, BC Nature, which represents the Federation of BC Naturalists, sent a letter to the Town of Comox Chief Executive Officer, Richard Kanigan,m expressing support for “the development of Hamilton Mack Laing’s former home “Shakesides” as a public nature or natural history house, as expressed in his Trust of 1982”. The letter…