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Miami Creek Canoe Launch. Photo: Hardo Müller from Bonn, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Miami Creek Canoe Launch

Kayak spot · Canada

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

85Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 89 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
13°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 89 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
13°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 89 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
14°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 85 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
11°C
Rain
2.7 mm

Fri 6 · 77 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
8°C
Rain
11.7 mm

Sat 7 · 85 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
10°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 63 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
9°C
Rain
33 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 186, good
  2. Mon 289, good
  3. Tue 389, good
  4. Wed 489, good
  5. Thu 585, good
  6. Fri 677, good
  7. Sat 785, good
  8. Sun 863, good
  9. Mon 984, good
  10. Tue 1088, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Miami Creek Canoe Launch
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov86, good1 kn6kn12°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov89, good2 kn8kn13°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov89, good1 kn4kn13°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov89, good1 kn6kn14°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov85, good2 kn12kn11°C2.7 mm
Fri 6Nov77, good3 kn19kn8°C11.7 mm
Sat 7Nov85, good1 kn14kn10°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov63, good1 kn8kn9°C33 mm
Mon 9Nov84, good2 kn10kn10°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov88, good3 kn10kn13°C0 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Miami Creek Canoe Launch

Harrison-fraser river trip - panoramio
Photo: honkie6367, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Echo Island on Harrison Lake (Mar-25-2007) - panoramio
Photo: abundantc, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Harrison Lake - panoramio
Near Miami Creek Canoe Launch. Photo: Jack Borno, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Miami Creek Canoe Launch

A launch on the Miami Creek. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map. The town to stay in is Harrison Hot Springs. Within 5 km we also list 1 climbing area.

  • River Miami Creek
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access No source states the access rules: check locally.
  • Schools, hire No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,190–US$2,190 each

about US$1,190–US$2,190 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to YVR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$523
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$315–US$523
Food7 days eating outabout US$308–US$576
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$181–US$342
Totalabout US$1,190–US$2,190

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Harrison Hot Springs

Closest

Harrison Hot Springs

1 min by car · 26 places to stay

about US$121/nightcountry average

See 26 places to stay in Harrison Hot Springs · Booking.com

About Harrison Hot Springs its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$121 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 9h 55m

About 9h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → YVR, direct, then 2h 05m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

No paddling school, club or hire mapped within 50 km.

Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits