COLUMN: Climbing Mount Benson well worth the effort

I’ve always been fascinated by Mount Benson, that 3,400-foot mountain that dominates the skyline in western Nanaimo.
I remember sailing into Departure Bay when I first visited Nanaimo in the 1980s on a ferry from Vancouver, and Mount Benson immediately caught my attention as it loomed over the city, covered in trees right up to its summit. When I moved here about 10 years later, I was determined to climb to the top and see how far I could see in every direction.
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