Category: History
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CHEK News features Shakesides story
Dean Stoltz of CHEK News interviewed Craig Freeman of the Merville Community Association at the Merville Hall site. It was aired on Wednesday, Auguste 27 at 5:00pm, 6:00pm and 10:00pm. Read the interview and watch the video:
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Mack Laing’s ‘Out With The Birds’ – still a gem after 112 years
The Mack Laing Heritage Society is proud to announce the re-publication of Hamilton Mack Laing’s first book, published in 1913 by Outing Publishing of New York, with its original text and photographs, plus the addition of educational notes and a complete Index. This is an extraordinary book for a young man. When he wrote the…
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Mack Laing books make wonderful gifts for a special friend or family member
Looking for a unique Christmas present for a special friend or family member? MLHS has copies of Trevor Marc Hughes’ two books about Hamilton Mack Laing. Riding the Continent: Laing’s 1915 trip across the US, from New York to San Francisco, on an early Harley Davidson motorcycle. Price: $20 Capturing the Summit: Laing was a…
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More confusion for Shakesides
Comox alters design again- Comox Valley Record – Dec. 9, 2021. Anyone watching the Town of Comox council decisions for Shakesides must be bewildered. Council, which is also the Trustee for the Estate of Mack Laing has produced another design for a viewing platform. This time the sky is the limit for price; a whopping…
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Contrast between Mervill and Comox, regards saving old buildings
Nov 21, 2019 | Top Feature By George Le Masurier The Stolen Church now repaying history with new life in Merville Who says historic Comox Valley buildings from the early 1900s can’t be fully restored and recommissioned for future generations? Not Craig Freeman. Freeman sees other historic buildings around the Valley that are worthy of…
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Mack Laing manuscript about motorcycle trip in 1915 gets recognition
Trevor Marc Hughes has ventured into the voluminous Laing Papers at the British Columbia Archives to assess an early unpublished book manuscript by the Canadian naturalist Hamilton Mack Laing (1883-1982).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…