Laird River Hot Springs Provincial Park Campground Photo:- Walkway to Upper Laird Hot Spring Pool. The wooden boardwalk leads to the hot spring pools, it passes through a warm water swamp and boreal forest which supports rich and diverse plant communities as well as mammal and bird species. These springs create an unusually warm microclimate, enabling 14 species of orchids and carnivorous plants such as sundew, butterwort and aquatic bladderwort to flower here. Highway 97