HML – Mack Laing Heritage Society of the Comox Valley

Hamilton Mack Laing as student, artist, teacher, principal, traveller, explorer, naturalist

Note: Photographs market with ‘*’ are in the collection of the Comox Archives and Museum, Comox, BC.

Who was Mack Laing? A special folding brochure outlines the life of this remarkable man. It may be viewed and downloaded HERE (pdf)

Laing painting at the Pratt Institute, NY, 1912 *

Laing on an early Harley-Davidson, on a trip across the US, 1915

Laing, Chitina River, Alaska 1925

Laing, teacher, in soccer uniform, Oakwood High School, Oak Lake, 1908

Laing on his loaded motorcycle, 1915

Laing as principal of Oakwood High Schoo, Oak Lake, Manitoba, 1910

Laing (back left) with Pratt Institute class, 1911

Pratt Institute art class, Laing, far left

Laing as plane spotter, Ontario, 1918

Laing with field gun, Ontario 1918

Laing in Mt Logan expedition base camp, 1925

Laing making adjustment to packs on motorcycle, 2025

Laing, Osoyoos Lake 1929

Showing off on Route 66, 1915

Laing with brother on motorcycle trip, 1915

Laing with box camera, 1923

The Mt Logan expedition setting out,1925