Harrison Hot Springs Community is a small but bustling resort community. Just 3 hours north of Seattle and 5 hours east of Vancouver, it’s a great choice for a weekend getaway or a vacation. Stay at a campsite, a B&B, or a resort hotel. Rent a cottage or a condo. Bring your boat and use the public boat launch. Enjoy the warm mineral waters and resort amenities, outdoor activities, art and shopping, restaurants and cafes.
Harrison Lake is a great place for all kinds of water fun including the Floating Water Park and Bridal Falls Water Park for family fun. Enjoy bumper boat fights and banana tube rides. Rent paddle boats or power boats. There’s water skiing, white water rafting and ocean kayaking.
Hop a boat for a scenic tour. Hike the shoreline. Board the Air Tram for a scenic ride over the valley and through 7 mountain tunnels. Book a fishing charter and bring home salmon, steelhead trout, or sturgeon.
Visit a living museum of an early 1900′s general store at the Kilby Historic Site. Several local farms offer products and tours to the public. Stop at a hazelnut orchard, a dairy farm, or a poultry farm. The Back Porch is an antiques store and pottery studio. The Public Art Gallery hosts monthly showings by local artists. Twice a year the dedicated Multicultural Choir hosts a music concert. And just to say you did a little bit of everything, take in a stock car race at the Agassiz Speedway.
Enjoy local festivals from April’s Tulips of the Valley festival, to December’s Christmas in the Village. The First Nation Sts’ailes participate in war canoe races and Sasquatch story telling during Sasquatch days in June. For 10 days in July, art and music are featured with an arts and crafts market. International musicians perform at Memorial Hall and on the beach. Also in July, come to this bustling little village to celebrate Canada Day, a Dragon Boat Regatta, and a Slow Food Cycle Tour of farm country. Enjoy music on the beach while enjoying the final days of summer on Labor Day weekend. Oktoberfest is the theme of the Harrison Beer Festival. Eco-tourists should return in November for the Bald Eagle Watch Festival.
The relaxing and healing hot springs can be enjoyed at the public pool as well as at the luxury resort. First Nation residents believed in the spiritual as well as medical healing properties of the famous hot springs. Europeans discovered the warm mineral waters in the mid-1800′s. It’s been a popular spa destination ever since. Visitors enjoy immersion in the warm waters, massages, body wraps, facials, manicures, and pedicures.
The snow covered mountains of this area provide a wealth of winter activities. There’s downhill skiing, cross country skiing, back country skiing. There’s dog sledding, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling. Warm up at the end of the day with a visit to 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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