Hot Springs Cove, formerly Refuge Cove, is an unincorporated settlement on
Sydney Inlet
Sydney Inlet Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Clayoquot Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located north of the settlement of Hot Springs Cove and northwest of the resort town of Tofino. Sydney ...
on the west side of the Openit Peninsula in the western
Clayoquot Sound region of the West Coast of
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are o ...
. Hot Springs Cove derives its name from its proximity to
Ramsay Hot Springs
Ramsay Hot Springs is a hot spring in the western Clayoquot Sound region of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located north of Sharp Point to the west of Sydney Inlet. The hot springs are the namesake of the community ...
, and is protected by
Maquinna Marine Provincial Park. The post office at Hot Springs Cove was closed in 1974 but had operated since 1947, when it was first named Sydney Inlet until being renamed in 1948. Despite the closure of the post office, there remains a year-round population in the vicinity.
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Sydney Inlet Provincial Park
Sydney Inlet Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Clayoquot Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located north of the settlement of Hot Springs Cove and northwest of the resort town of Tofino. Sydney ...
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Gibson Marine Provincial Park
Gibson Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the southeast end of Flores Island in the central Clayoquot Sound region of Vancouver Island. The park was created on 13 November 1967. It contains approx ...
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Hesquiat Peninsula Provincial Park
Hesquiat Peninsula Provincial Park is a provincial park at the western extremity of the Clayoquot Sound region of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The park was established by order-in-council on July 12, 1995 as part o ...
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Sulphur Passage Provincial Park
Sulphur Passage Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in the central part of the Clayoquot Sound region of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is located around Obstruction Island t ...
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Marktosis, British Columbia
Marktosis, also spelled ''Maaqtusiis'' in the Nuu-chah-nulth language, is one of the principal settlements of the Ahousaht First Nation, located off the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, just southeast of the Hesquiat Pen ...
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External links
Hot Springs Co-op website
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Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Clayoquot Sound region
Populated places in the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District