Things To Do At Harrison Hot Springs Community

By Harriett Crosby


Visit Harrison Hot Springs Community to enjoy a weekend getaway, or a week long vacation. It's a small but busy resort community located just five hours from Vancouver, three hours from Seattle. Enjoy resort amenities, stay at a B&B, rent a condo or cottage, or bring a tent and your own boat too. Explore the outdoors, peruse art galleries and souvenir shops, dine at specialty restaurants or coffee shops.

Sitting on the south end of Harrison lake, this village is a starting point for all kinds of water fun; skiing, white water rafting, ocean kayaking, paddle boating, and power boating, and of course swimming. Two water parks provide family entertainment, Bridal Falls Water Park, and the Harrison Floating Water Park. Enjoy water slides, banana tube rides, and bumper boats.

Get on a boat for a scenic eco tour, or join a guided shoreline tour. Hell's Gate Air Tram takes siteseers through 7 mountain tunnels through the historic heart of British Columbia. Fishing charters take fishermen to the best spots for reeling in salmon, steelhead trout, or sturgeon.

The Kilby Historic Site offers a living history experience. Also open to public visits are a dairy farm, a chicken and turkey farm, and a hazelnut orchard. At the Back Porch explore the pottery studio and an antiques and collectibles store. The Ranger Station Public Art Gallery features monthly shows by area artists. The Multicultural Choir offers public concerts twice a year and perform at fund raising events. Enjoy stock car racing at Agassiz Speedway.

The festival season starts with the Tulips of the Valley Festival in April. June is Sasquatch Days. The local First Nation band returns to the area for war canoe races, a salmon barbecue, and Sasquatch storytelling. July is busy with Canada Day, the Harrison Art Festival, the Dragon Boat Regatta, and the Slow Food Cycle Tour. The Art Festival is 10 days of international music at the Hall and on the Beach, and a fabulous art market. Enjoy Bands at the Beach over Labor Day weekend. October is the Harrison Beer Festival and November the Bald Eagle Watch Festival. And of course December is Christmas in the Village.

Soak in the hot mineral waters at a resort or at the public pool. The hot springs were recognized as a spiritual and medicinal healing place by the First Nations. Since the mid 1800's Europeans have flocked to the hot mineral waters for healing and relaxation. Today's spas offer relaxing stone massages, nurturing body wraps, facials and pedicures.

If you love winter sports, Harrison Hot Springs is a perfect destination. Surrounded by mountains, winter sport enthusiasts enjoy skiing, back country skiing, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, dog sledding. And what better way to end a day in the snow than a stop at the Hot Springs.

Harrison Hot Springs community is located on a lake, next to the hot springs, and surrounded by mountains. Find brochures and maps at the Visitors Centre. Explore Provincial Parks. Enjoy water activities, hiking, and biking. Come back in winter for fun in the snow activities. Don't neglect the art community with its music concerts and art galleries.




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