Category: News
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MLHS fundraiser garage sale a huge success
A two day garage sale on June 9 and 10, featuring art, collectibles and an eclectic collection of other items raised over $835, plus the sale of the group’s two Brian Scott paintings (Baybrook and Shakesides/Baybrook) to good homes. All proceeds will go to continuing the legal battle with the Town of Comox, which wants…
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Fine Art and Collectibles Garage Sale
Come and browse this special sale, a fundraiser for the MLHS. The sale will take place at 1528 Comox Avenue on Saturday, June 9 and Sunday June 10, from 8 am to 1 pm. Many unique and original paintings and prints, objets d’art, eclectic collectibles, wood and ceramics, music lover’s section, jewelry, pots, baskets, silent…
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MLHS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Mack Laing Heritage Society will hold its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, June 7, in the Courtenay Library meeting room, 2pm to 4 pm. All welcome. Election and brief summary of activities, followed by discussion about the upcoming Fine Art and Collectibles Garage Sale fundraiser, to be held June 9 and 10. See news…
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Celebration of Mack Laing’s 135th Birthday at Shakesides
Friends of Mack Laing gathered behind Shakesides in Mack Laing Park on February 6 to celebrate his 135th Birthday. Visitors enjoyed cake and hot drinks on this gloomy and chilly day, and raised a toast to the man who devoted his life to education about local birds, and was also a gifted artist and storyteller.…
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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Trevor Marc Hughes has ventured into the voluminous Laing Papers at the British Columbia Archives to assess an early unpublished book manuscript by the Canadian naturalist Hamilton Mack Laing (1883-1982).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…
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Songwriter finds inspiration at Shakesides – and becomes part of the story
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,…
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Save Shakesides support continues and GoFundMe page launched
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.…
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Des Kennedy writes letter of support for saving Shakesides
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-