jeudi 19 décembre 2013

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.

Water fun is the best kind of family fun. There's 2 water parks in the area, a Floating Water Park that replicates Wipeout, and the Bridal Falls Water Park with slides, tube rides, and bumper boats. There's also boats and kayaks to rent, and even white water rafting tours.

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.

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.

Surrounded by mountains and sitting on the site of a glacier fed lake with 2 natural hot springs, many come to the Harrison Hot Springs Community seeking the health and wellness benefits of the warm mineral waters, and the luxury of a resort and spa. Those who love outdoor activities find hiking and biking trails, all kinds of water sports, all types of winter activities. Art and music lovers are pleasantly surprised to find a vibrant art and music community.




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