On October 23rd Arturo, Chris and I headed back to Union Bay. We photographed along the remains of the old coal dump. There were some old piles left at the edge of the water, and a long narrow mound of earth, mostly coal, on which the trestle was once constructed. This once extended way out into the bay and steam trains were used to transport coal from the nearby Cumberland mine, to be loaded onto ships. We also found some old bricks that were once part of the Coke ovens that were also here.
There was a beached small boat on the shore nearby and we also photographed that. Once we were done down by the water we crossed over the road to the Highwayman Inn. This old hotel was once called the Willis. It has not re-opened since Covid, and we were told that the own also had some health issues and is now recovering.
After we photographed here we continued down the coast to the south for a few more miles and came to the location of the Baines Sound Oyster Company. We asked permission and were allowed to enter the property to photograph a few old oyster boats... one up on shore and one anchored just off shore.
The day was winding down at this point but we took a drive up to Comox and wandered around the marina for a while. There were some interesting fishing boats here, and we decided we would come back at another time for some better light.
We called it a day and headed back to the rental house in Comox and prepared our evening meal.
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