Lakelse Hot Springs

Lakelse Hot Springs is a group of hot springs on the eastern shore of Lakelse Lake in northern British Columbia's Kalum-Kitimat valley, about 30 kilometers south of Terrace along Highway 37. Also known as the Mount Layton Hot Springs, they reach a maximum temperature of 89 °C, making them the hottest hot springs in Canada. The springs form as groundwater seeps down through faults in the fault-bounded valley, is heated by hot rocks, and rises back to the surface. Those faults may also connect the springs to the region's broader volcanic history as a possible source of the Tseax Cone eruption about 250 years ago.

British Columbia · Canada