The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
explored the town of
Harrison Hot Springs and the legend of Sasquatch
July 10, 2015
(plus a flashback to May 15, 2009)

Sasquatch Country: The beautiful City of Harrison Hot Springs in British Columbia, which is often referred to as the "Sasquatch Capital of the World" because of its long history of Sasquatch sightings.

Karen Duquette took a rest alongside of Sasquatch, but suddenly realized she was sitting just under his big old smelly armpit.

The city of Harrison Hot Springs is just 25 minutes west of Hope. The biggest draw here are the indoor hot springs. Guests at the Harrison Hot Springs Resort have access to the resort's PRIVATE pool which is pumped from one of the two springs in the area. Daytrippers can access the public pool (for a charge). The water comes from a hot spring. The indoor pools are cooled to 38 degrees Celsius. The natural springs - named Potash and Sulphur - are 40 and 65 degrees Celsius, respectively. The two RV Gypsies did not use the public pool nor the hot springs because they were indoors.

Harrison Hot Springs is a village located at the southern end of Harrison Lake in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. It is a member of the Fraser Valley Regional District. Its immediate neighbour is the District of Kent, which includes the town of Agassiz. It is a resort community known for its hot springs. It is named after Benjamin Harrison, a former deputy governor for the Hudson's Bay Company.

The Village of Harrison Hot Springs has been a small resort community since 1886 when the opening of the Canadian Pacific Railway brought the lakeside springs within a short carriage ride of the transcontinental mainline. In its first promotion as a resort it was known as St. Alice's Well, although Europeans had discovered it (not new to indigenous communities) decades earlier when a party of goldfield-bound travelers on Harrison Lake capsized into what they thought was their doom, only to discover the lake at that spot was not freezing, but warm.

For more history, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Hot_Springs but please return here afterwards.

Below: Harrison Lake and Mt. Cheam - The 65-kilometre long Harrison Lake is considered the "Jewel of the Fraser Valley".

Harrison Watersports: The only floating water park in southwestern British Columbia has a full range of Harrison's best water sport rentals: Banana Tube Rides, Blaster Bumper Boats, "See Doos" and more. There is a charge. The two RV Gypsies did not do this, but they enjoyed watching the kids have lots of fun. Karen Duquette would have liked to, but Lee Duquette is not fond of water anymore.

Below: What beauty to behold!

Below: Canadian Honkers were everywhere.

The two RV Gypsies had also been to Harrison Hot Springs on May 15, 2009 because they wanted to see the well-advertised sand castle competitions, but they could not get anywhere near the city because of the amount of traffic, cars, people, and lack of parking. So they just enjoyed a beautiful area just outside of the main part of the city.

In 2015, the lady at the Visitor Center told the two RV Gypsies that they no longer have the sand castle competitions here.

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