Category: HML
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HML Gladiolas Painting
MLHS Aquires Mack Laing Painting The Mack Laing Heritage Society is pleased to announce the acquisition of a painting by Mack Laing, “Gladiolas’, presented to his nephew Mack Tripney Laing, of Victoria, in the late 1960s. MLHS was contacted by his daughter, Maureen JE (Laing) Pengelly this year, to determine if the Society was interested…
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MLHS AGM
The Mack Laing Heritage Society of the Comox Valley will hold its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, from 1 pm to 3 pm, in the Quality Foods upstairs meeting room, Driftwood Mall, Courtenay, BC. All are welcome. Our recent book, ‘Out With The Birds’, will be for sale, as will other books…
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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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Shocking state of Shakesides home and Park
A visit to the Shakesides house location in Mack Laing Park on June 24 became a series of shocking photos of the state of the house, a result largely caused by the Town and a contractor removing window frames and some cedar shakes from the building. Lack of maintenance in the Park itself, especially in…
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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…