Rural Routes British Columbia - Nanaimo Land District / Mount Benson / Hammond Bay

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6300 Hammond Bay Road
Nanaimo, British Columbia
V9T 6N2

British Columbia Tourism Region : Vancouver Island

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After Dr. A.R. Benson, a physician in the service of the HBC between 1857 and 1862. Lieutenant Charles Wilson, RE, remembered Dr. Benson as 'a great character, never seen without a pipe in his mouth &
his rooms ... crowded with Indian curiosities, bird skins, geological specimens, books & tobacco in the most inextricable confusion.'
The Nanaimo Indian name for Mount Benson, 'Wakesiah,' means 'mysterious, sinister, or forbidding.'
With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.
Hammond Bay - After George Crispin Hammond, RN, navigating sublieutenant aboard the early steamship Beaver when, as a hired surveying vessel, she was active in these waters in 1867-70.
With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.

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Nearby:	Nanaimo Town 1, 1km Newcastle, 2km Petroglyph Park, 3km Newcastle Island Marine Park, 3km Stockett, 3km Chase River / Extension / Gallows Point, 4km Departure Bay, 5km Northfield, 4km Starks, 5km Cranberry Land District, 6km Hudson Rocks Ecological Reserve, 7km Nanaimo River 3, 6km Cinnabar Valley, 7km Extension, 7km Nanaimo River 2, 6km East Wellington, 5km Nanaimo River 4, 7km	South Wellington, 8km Gabriola Sands Park, 7km Mountain Land District, 6km Gabriola / Descanso Bay / Gabriola Island / Orlebar Point, 7km Harmac, 7km Morden Colliery Historic Park, 9km Cedar, 8km Wellington Land District, 9km Wellington, 9km Sandwell Park, 9km Hemer Park, 11km Cassidy / McKay Peak, 13km Douglas Land District, 13km Cedar Land District, 12km Bright Land District, 16km Boat Harbour, 13km Oyster Bay 12, 18km	Woodley Range Ecological Reserve, 17km Yellowpoint Bog Ecological Reserve, 17km Roberts Memorial Park, 16km Nanoose, 16km Ladysmith, 21km Oyster Land District, 21km Jayem, 17km Pirates Cove Marine Park, 17km Gabriola Island 5, 16km Chemainus 13, 21km Ma-Guala 6, 17km Arbutus Grove Park, 18km Wakes Cove Park, 18km Drumbeg Park, 18km Dolphin Beach, 22km Whaleboat Island Marine Park, 20km
Nearby Lakes and Mountains:	Cathers Lake, 4km Richard Lake, 7km Westwood Lake, 5km Overton Lake, 7km Harewood Lake, 8km Myles Lake, 9km Stark Lakes, 9km Whisky Lake, 8km Lost Lake, 8km Beck Lake, 9km Blind Lake, 9km Diver Lake, 7km Long Lake, 8km York Lake, 8km Hoggan Lake, 8km McKay Lake, 12km Mount Benson, 8km	Crystal Lake, 13km Timberland Lake, 14km Holden Lake, 10km Brannen Lake, 10km Lucid Lake, 10km Green Lake, 12km Barsby Lake, 12km Quennell Lake, 14km Greenway Lake, 13km Mount Hayes, 17km Michael Lake, 17km Long Lake, 16km Coronation Lake, 22km Priest Lake, 17km Buffalo Hump, 19km McKay Peak, 20km Round Lake, 16km	Boomerang Lake, 16km Cottle Lake, 16km Heart Lake, 23km Kidney Lake, 17km Blackjack Lake, 16km Stanton Peak, 23km Holland Lake, 25km Stocking Lake, 24km Nanaimo Lakes, 18km Coronation Mountain, 27km Enos Lake, 20km Rheinhart Lake, 25km Mount Hall, 27km Okay Lake, 19km Silver Lake, 29km Mount Brenton, 30km

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