Park overview
Weewanie Hot Springs Park is a boat access only park in a semi-sheltered bay with a hot spring and bath house for soaking. It is used by recreational and commercial boaters for hot springs soaking, anchorage and camping. Facilities also include a pit toilet, picnic area, campsite and one mooring buoy in the bay. For public safety reasons, hunting is not allowed in this park.
Special Feature: A bath house is provided so that park visitors may enjoy soaking in the hot springs water. The hot springs water comes out of the ground on the hillside above the bath house at a flow rate of about 11.8 litres per minute. Water temperature at the source is about 44.7 degrees Celsius and about 38.6 degrees Celsius in the bath house. The hot springs water is not suitable for drinking.
Established Date: May 20, 2004
Park Size: 35 hectares (23 ha upland, 12 ha foreshore)
Advisories
Camping
Wilderness and backcountry camping is allowed.
There is a flat grassy area for camping near the hot springs. Facilities include a 8 ft. X 15 ft. cement bathhouse for soaking in hot springs water, one pit toilet, one picnic table, one fire ring, one campsite and one mooring buoy.
Reservations are not accepted at this park and use of the campsite is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Outside of the park, about 325 m to the south, there is a trapper’s cabin built by the Haisla First Nation that is available for public use. The cabin is 15’ x 12’ with 2 double bunk beds. The cabin is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Be prepared to sleep outside if the cabin is full. UTM coordinates for the cabin are: Zone 9U 5949258 m North; 0513742 m East.
Prior approval is needed for the use of the Haisla First Nation cabins. Please contact the Haisla Nation at 250-639-9361 (ext. 207 or 213).
Wilderness and backcountry camping is allowed.
There is a flat grassy area for camping near the hot springs. Facilities include a 8 ft. X 15 ft. cement bathhouse for soaking in hot springs water, one pit toilet, one picnic table, one fire ring, one campsite and one mooring buoy.
Reservations are not accepted at this park and use of the campsite is on a first-come, first-served basis. Outside of the park, about 325 m to the south, there is a trapper’s cabin built by the Haisla First Nation that is available for public use. The cabin is 15’ x 12’ with 2 double bunk beds. The cabin is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Be prepared to sleep outside if the cabin is full. UTM coordinates for the cabin are: Zone 9U 5949258 m North; 0513742 m East.
Prior approval is needed for the use of the Haisla First Nation cabins. Please contact the Haisla Nation at 250-639-9361 (ext. 207 or 213).
Facilities
GPS: Lat. 53° 41’ 49” North; Long. 128° 47’ 21” West
Pool Water Temperature: 39°C
Facilities: Wood frame and concrete block bathhouse (8’ x 15’) just above high tide line. The concrete block soaking pool inside is about 8’ x 8’ x 3’ deep. Also has change room in bathhouse, mooring buoy, pit toilet and picnic site/campsite with picnic table & fire ring.
Comments: The waters are odorless. Short 300 m trail from the bathhouse SE to the picnic site/campsite.
Activities
Maps and location
Weewanie Hot Springs Park is located on the east side of Devastation Channel, approximately 38 km south of Kitimat. Access is by boat only. Use Marine Chart #3743 (Douglas Channel) and NTS Map Sheet # 103 H/10 (Devastation Channel).
The closest communities to this park are: Kitimat and Kitamaat Village.
Visitor Information Centre:
Kitimat Visitor Information Centre
PO Box 214
2109 Forest Avenue
Kitimat, BC, Canada V8C 2G7
http://www.tourismkitimat.ca/
Email: info@tourismkitimat.ca
Phone: 250 632-6294 or 1-800-664-6554
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Park details
- Date established: May 20, 2004
- Size: 35 hectares
Nature and culture
- History: Weewanie Hot Springs Park was designated as a park on May 20, 2004 following recommendations from the Kalum Land and Resource Management Plan. The park is within the traditional territory of the Haisla First Nation. The bay was used in the past for logging. Remains of the old log landing site, logging road and an old steam donkey engine can be found on shore at the end of the bay. The bath house building was built in May 1992 by a group of volunteers sponsored by Northern Aquanauts scuba Dive Club and donations from businesses in Kitimat. Prior to being designated as a Provincial Park in 2004, Weewanie Hot Springs was a BC Forest Service Recreation Site maintained by the Kalum Forest District out of Terrace.
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