Fairmont
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The community of
Fairmont Hot Springs is nestled in the Columbia River Valley, between
the Canadian Rocky Mountains and the Purcell Mountain range, just
outside Kootenay National Park.
With two championship
golf courses, spa facilities and the largest natural mineral hot
pools in Canada, Fairmont
Hot Springs Resort attracts visitors from all over the world.
Fairmont's crystal clear, all natural, hot mineral springwater pools
are a legendary attraction.
Renowned for
their therapeutic qualities, Fairmont claims their pools to almost
certainly be the cleanest in North America. At night the pools are
drained, scrubbed, and refilled by morning with fresh, mineral-rich
natural hot springs water, and over 1.5 million gallons of mineral-rich
hot spring waters flow through the pools daily. In addition to the
large, public hot pool complex, lodge guests enjoy a private hot,
soaking pool within a short walk from guest rooms and the spa facilities.
For a more hot
spring rustic experience without the admission fee charged at the
resort, soak in one of three small tubs housed in separate rooms
in the undeveloped Historical Baths, an old stone bath house on
a knoll directly above the resort's main parking lot. A little farther
up the hill from the bathhouse, also known as "The Indian Baths",
a small two-person pool has been created where a spring emerges
from the ground.
Guests often
claim that all tension completely floats away the instant you step
into the soothing heat of this natural wonder. Fairmont's therapeutic
hot springs mineral water can increase metabolism, accelerate healing,
soothe muscles, improve blood circulation and detoxify the body's
lymphatic system. Soaking in the hot spring water allows minerals
to pass through the skin and be absorbed and utilized by body cells.
This can fight the effects and symptoms of fatigue, insomnia, edema,
poor micro-circulation, repressed immune system, and even arthritis.
The recorded
history of Fairmont Hot Springs dates to the early 1800s, when explorers
discovered the 'land of smoking waters', and the curative powers
of these warm mineral waters. The name Fairmont Hot Springs was
given to the area by Mrs. John Galbraith, wife of a ferry operator
at Galbraith's Landing near Fort Steele.
Location
The town of Fairmont Hot Springs is located on Highway 93/95 at
the northern end of Columbia Lake in the Kootenay River Valley,
between Canal Flats and Invermere, 81 miles (130 km) north of Cranbrook.
Contact Information
Fairmont
Hot Springs Resort
Hwy 93/95
Box 10
Fairmont Hot Springs, BC
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