Harrison Hot Springs: Lakeshore, Trails and Culture

Harrison Hot Springs offers a range of reasons to visit: its lakeshore, trails for hiking and walking, and arts and cultural attractions. If you’re looking for a hotel for your stay, these highlights can help you organize your plans: Would you like to spend time by the lake, explore the outdoors or include cultural sites and events? The differences below can help you weigh your interests before booking.

Lakeshore and outdoor activities

The lakeshore in Harrison Hot Springs has sandy beaches, parks, swimming areas and playgrounds. Harrison Lake is accessible from Harrison Hot Springs. Fed by glaciers, the lake is about 60 kilometres long and around 9 kilometres wide at its broadest point. Activities on the lake include sailing, boating, windsurfing, kayaking and fishing.

For exploring on foot, Harrison Hot Springs has well-maintained hiking and walking trails, including the Miami River Greenway. Another destination for spending time outdoors is the recreation area with the Spirit Trail on McCombs Drive, near McPherson Road. It has picnic tables, a restroom facility, a parking lot and interpretive signage.

A public boat launch is owned by the Village of Harrison Hot Springs and operated by the Fraser Valley Regional District. A fee is charged to use it. If you’d like to include the launch in your plans, factor in this cost.

Art and cultural themes

The Ranger Station Art Gallery is a public art gallery in Harrison Hot Springs and is open year-round. The Harrison Festival of the Arts, by contrast, takes place every July over ten days on the lakeshore. The program includes concerts, a craft market, visual art exhibitions and interactive workshops. The gallery is therefore a year-round art offering, while the festival’s events are concentrated in July. If you’re planning to visit the festival, check the specific event dates against your travel dates.

The mineral-rich waters also have a cultural connection: the local Sts’ailes First Nations have revered them as a “healing place” for thousands of years. This connection offers a different perspective on Harrison Hot Springs than its arts offerings and events.

Sasquatch Days is an annual event co-hosted by the Village of Harrison Hot Springs and the Nation of Sts’ailes. The event page for 2026 lists canoe races with war canoes and medicine walks along the shores of Harrison Lake as activities. The page names the traditional territory of the Sts’ailes People at the old village site of Qwólts as the venue for the 2026 edition.

The Harrison Sasquatch Museum features exhibits on Land of the Giants and the Sts’ailes Longhouse room, as well as carvings and interactive displays. Admission is free. The Sasquatch Trail offers another way to discover Sasquatch carvings and statues in Harrison Hot Springs.

The Mineral Baths

The Harrison Mineral Baths are centrally located in the Village of Harrison Hot Springs. The indoor pool has a pool kept at 38°C (100°F). This sets it apart from the swimming areas along the lakeshore: here, the focus is an indoor pool with a stated water temperature, while swimming areas are among the lakeshore’s other features.

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