Harrison Hot Springs/Canada

Harrison Hot Springs

Two mineral springs at the foot of Harrison Lake, bathed in since the 1880s.

Straitgate

Bathing: Indoor / Outdoor
Established: 1886
Accommodation: Hotel on site

At the southern tip of Harrison Lake, two springs — one described as potash, the other as sulphur — rise close together and are piped to a public bathing pool in the village and to the pools of the lakeside resort. The setting is mild coastal rainforest, with the lake and the Cascades filling the view.

Balnevia view

Why visit

It is the closest thermal water to Vancouver and one of the oldest bathing resorts in western Canada, easy to combine with the lake, the beach and the surrounding trails.

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The water

Thermal water

Source: Potash spring
Mineralisation: Potash-type mineral water
Character: One of the two springs at the lake's southern tip, historically described as the potash source.

History

Steamboat passengers were already stopping here in the 1870s, and the St Alice Hotel opened in 1886 to serve visitors coming for the water. The village grew around the springs and the resort that replaced the hotel, and the public bathhouse has been part of village life for generations.

Practical information

The resort pools are for guests; the village runs a separate indoor public pool fed by the same source. Both are open year-round, with weekends busiest.

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