Sunday 5 January 2014

Outdoor Adventures 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.

Visit local farms and orchards open to the public. There's a chicken and turkey farm, a dairy farm, a hazelnut orchard. Visit a 1906 general store museum at Kilby Historic Site. Stop at The Back Porch, a local pottery studio and collectibles store. Attend monthly art shows featuring area artists at the Ranger Station Public Art Gallery. The local choir performs twice a year. There's even stock car racing at Agassiz Speedway.

Festival season begins in April with the Tulips of the Valley Festival. June brings Sasquatch Days. The First Nation returns to compete in war canoe races. Enjoy a barbecue and stories of Sasquatch sightings. The Art Festival runs for 10 days in July, showcasing international musicians. Enjoy concerts, art displays, and an arts and crafts market. Also in July, residents celebrate Canada Day. Then there's the Dragon Boat Regatta, and the Food Cycle Tour. Ending the summer is music on the beach over Labor Day weekend. The Harrison Beer Festival is the local version of Oktoberfest. November join in the Bald Eagle Watch Festival. Christmas in the Village ends the years array of local and quaint festivals.

The First Nations revered the hot springs for their supernatural healing properties. Visit the spa and resort for a dip in the healing waters, a massage, a body wrap, facial, pedicure, or manicure. Or just visit the public pool for a relaxing dip in the healing waters of the hot springs.

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.

Located in Fraser Valley with a glacier fed lake and natural hot springs, Harrison Hot Springs Community is surrounded by mountains. Explore the nearby Provincial Parks. In summer enjoy water activities and hiking. Winter come to ski in the day, soak in the hot springs at night. The community also has a vibrant art community and several art galleries. Stop at the Visitors Centre to pick up information and maps.




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