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Boreal forest. Naturally warm water.THE CANADIAN COLLECTION
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BEYOND THE WELL-KNOWN POOLS
The national research inventory
A broader record of thermal, warm and mineral springs, including undeveloped sites and historical reports. These are research locations, not a list of places you can safely bathe.
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A CLEARER KIND OF GUIDE
A big country.
An honest field guide.
What’s included
Canadian natural hot springs, warm springs and reported thermal sites. Developed pools and protected springs have separate labels. Ordinary heated spas are excluded. The baseline is Geoscience BC’s 2016 national compilation, supplemented by visitor sources.
How to read our reviews
“Our take” is an editorial assessment of published information, not a firsthand visit or a customer rating. Opening hours, seasonal dates and access notes are a research snapshot dated October 1, 2026. All hours use local time at the spring. Always check the linked land manager or operator before travelling.
Coordinates & photographs
Inventory coordinates come from historical research and can be approximate or erroneous. They are not trailheads or navigation instructions. Photographs are credited individually; historical facility photos and distant views are labelled. Official photo galleries are linked when an embedded image is unavailable. Sites without a verified photo are identified honestly.
Sources, coverage gaps & methodology
Geoscience BC, project 2015-022 / Report 2016-07: Canadian Thermal Springs geochemical compilation. Repeated sampling rows are grouped by source name and coordinates. The two Alaska entries (Bell Island and Chief Shakes) are excluded. Cold and uncertain records are retained in the research inventory, rather than presented as bathing springs. Separate source names can refer to the same spring system. Fifteen additional reported locations or variants are retained as verification-pending records from the Hot Springs of BC directory; the Grayling reserve location uses the official Canadian geographical-names record. Record counts are not certified counts of unique hot springs.
Coverage is extensive but not certified exhaustive. Undocumented sources, aliases, historical mislocations and sites outside the western compilation still need reconciliation. Nunavut’s cold saline polar springs are outside this hot-spring visitor collection and still require a separate scope review. No inference is made that provinces without entries have been exhaustively surveyed.
We do not infer public access from a map point. Indigenous protocols, private ownership, park restrictions and closures take precedence. Research-only records have no visitor review until enough reliable information is available.