British Columbia · Natural setting

Tsek Hot Springs

Also called Skookumchuck or St. Agnes Well, Tsek is a sacred cultural site in the lower Lillooet River valley. The operator describes a rustic collection of tubs supplied by natural hot water and a cold creek.

Historical source coordinate; not a trailhead. Accuracy and datum have not been independently verified. Historical water readings describe source samples, not safe soaking temperatures.

Closed, by the decision of the First Nation

Tsek Hot Springs has remained closed since the pandemic, and the closure is a choice by the St'át'imc First Nation rather than an infrastructure problem. As of December 2024 they had chosen not to reopen the site.

That distinction matters. This is not a washed-out road waiting on repair funding — it is a community decision about a culturally significant place, and it should be respected rather than worked around.

Tsek, not St. Agnes Well

The site's name is Tsek. St. Agnes Well is the former colonial name, and it also appears in guides as Skookumchuck Hot Springs. All three refer to the same place on a forest service road east of Pemberton.

Tsek is a site of deep spiritual and cultural significance to the In-SHUCK-ch and St'át'imc peoples. Accounts describe a cool spring here serving as a healing pool where Elder mothers trained men for roles as chiefs and watchmen within the In-SHUCK-ch Nation.

Eleven tubs, when open

Unusually for a wild-feeling BC spring, Tsek's water was piped into a set of eleven tubs rather than natural basins. Four ran hot, most of the remainder paired hot water with a cold tap so bathers could mix their own temperature, and one tub took cold water from a nearby creek.

That arrangement is why the site reads as rustic-but-managed in older accounts, and why it supported more visitors than a natural pool of the same size could.

Our take

The cultural significance deserves as much attention as the bathing facilities. With a closure notice on the operator’s site, this belongs in the directory for context, not as an invitation to visit now.

Editorial assessment based on published information. No firsthand visit or customer score is implied.

Before you go

Sources & record notes

Geoscience BC’s 2016 compilation · 4 historical sampling records · Source name: Tsek (Skookumchuck St Agnes). References recorded in the dataset: N.S-B.G 1974; Souther 1976; Grasby 2000; Geoscience BC 2016-07.

Source notes: (2007 sample) Polaris Infrastructure kind permission

Sources used for this guide

• Wikipedia — Skookumchuck Hot Springs (Tsek / St. Agnes Well)
• britishcolumbia.com — Skookumchuck Hot Springs
• Wikipedia — Skatin First Nations
• Hot Springs of BC — Tsek

Written from the published sources above. Operator hours, access rules and closures change; the official link is authoritative.