Departure Bay Details: a Stroll in October

Around mid-October, with a reasonably low tide (after having been turned back by high water in the past, I have learned to check this out), I thought I'd take a stroll along the Departure Bay beach, from the access point near the end of White Eagle Terrace, to the Kin Hut. The foliage showed off bright autumn colours. What struck me on this walk, was the amount of stuff, rusty and otherwise, I encountered. What follows are some impressions. Enjoy!

Autumn colours liven up a rocky Departure Bay beach (2012-10-14) 

Oh Canada! Maple leaf on a rocky beach (2012-10-14) 

Might this have been part of a float in earlier days? (2012-10-14) 

Rusty remnants of another era (2012-10-14) 

Autumn foliage covers the beach around the high water mark (2012-10-14) 

Rusty stuff; a reminder of bygone eras (2012-10-14) 

Too many colours to resist taking a picture (2012-10-14) 

In the distance, the Nanaimo oceanographic research facility (2012-10-14)

More rusty stuff. Mining? Logging? Marine? Who knows? (2012-10-14)