Kraus Hotsprings
- Location
- NT X0E 1E0, Canada
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 7.2
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Kraus Hotsprings, located near the confluence of the Redknife River and the Mackenzie River in Canada's Northwest Territories, are bicarbonate springs in a remote boreal wilderness setting accessible by boat from the community of Fort Providence during open-water season. The springs are situated within the traditional territory of the Dehcho First Nations and have been known to Dene communities for centuries as a source of warm, mineralised water in an otherwise cold and demanding subarctic environment. Kraus Hotsprings exemplifies the remote geothermal resources of Canada's Northwest Territories, where thermal springs emerge in isolation amid boreal forest and tundra, accessible only to those willing to navigate the great Mackenzie River system.