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There is very little information available for Manitoba, but I try to provide it all. Please send an update if I am missing any sites.
Locations Listed.
Usage changes over time. I encourage you to use discretion in
locating and using the locations listed.
- Manitoba
- WINNIPEG: Crocus Grove Sun Club (FCN, AANR). <<< Updated. (2010-7)
- WINNIPEG: Musqua Meadows --- Closed. <<< Updated. (2009-8)
- WINNIPEG: Hidden Lakes Resort .
- WINNIPEG: Patricia Beach. <<< Updated. (2010-7)
- WINNIPEG: Beaconia Beach. <<< Updated. (2010-7)
- MANITOBA: Manitoba Naturists Association web site.
Manitoba.
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA: Crocus
Grove Sun Club (FCN, AANR).
The campground occupied by Crocus Grove for 40 years was sold to new owners in
2006 and ceased to allow nude use in 2009. The club is currently seeking a new
property to use.
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA: Musqua Meadows --- Closed (2009).
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA: Hidden
Lakes Resort.
"A new clothing-optional resort on a private estate. The main lodge
overlooks a beautiful, crystal-clear lake. Rooms with private bath
available. Lakefront tent and trailer sites as well. Sauna. ... Hot
tub. ... Wilderness trails. ... Reservations necessary. ..."
[Source: Canadian Guide to Naturist Resorts and Beaches, FCN,
1997]
23-845 Dakota St., Suite 302, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3M 5M3.
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA: Patricia
Beach. [Photo] (GPS: N50 25.711 W96 35.74)
"Located on Lake Winnipeg, this beach has been a favourite spot for
nudists for at least thirty years. The main beach area, located in a
provincial park, is a regular clothed beach, but there is a large
area to the north of the main beach where, although public nudity is
not officially permitted by the authorities, it has been tolerated
for quite a few years with no harassment from the local police. It is
frequented by a hundred or more nudists on any given hot summer
weekend."
Directions: "Go north on Hwy 59 about 64 km from the Perimeter
Highway to Provincial Road 319. There are signs near the intersection
clearly indicating the way to the beach. Turn left on 319 (a gravel
road) and go about 7 km. There is a turn to the right, and about 400
metres further there is a park gate. A small fee is required to enter
the park if you don't have a season park pass. Past the gate, go to
the right and follow the lane to the very end of the last parking
area (about 1km). From the parking area walk over the sand dunes to
the beach. Turn right on the beach and walk about 200 metres to the
end of the main beach. There is a pathway through some bushes to the
right for a few metres, then you will find yourself on an open, sandy
area with a beautiful stretch of beach on magnificent Lake Winnipeg.
Here you can get naked!" [H.R., 1998]
Note: The nude sections of Patricia and Beaconia Beaches are
only 250m apart by water, but more than 10km by land.
Update: "Over the last several years a rather undesireable element has started
to invade our beach: people who behave in an inappropriate manner.
It seems a group of swingers from Winnipeg are increasingly frequenting
the beach and often engaging in sexual activity, sometimes in full
view of everyone. I've been told that Patricia Beach is often mentioned on some
swi
nger's websites.
There have been confrontations between these undesireables and those
who prefer the family image, but many of these undesireables persist. The beach
has changed drastically in the last few years. We've had incredibly wet, stormy
summers recently, and the shoreline has been badly eroded by high water and violent
wind storms that create monstrous waves on the lake. Some of the sand dunes
have been completely obliterated." [H.R., July 2010]
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA: Beaconia
Beach. (Parking: N50 26.669 W96 34.68) (Nude area: N50 25.869 W96 35.617)
"A little bit north of Patricia Beach, Beaconia is also a favourite
spot for nudists. One area of this beach is traditionally frequented
by gay men, but a major proportion of the beach is used by
heterosexuals and still further north there is a regular clothed
beach. The gays and heteros get along just fine with each other,
although each group tends to keep to themselves."
Directions: "On Hwy. 59, instead of turning on Provincial Road
319 to Patricia Beach, continue on north for another 4 or 5 minutes
until you come to P.R. 500. Turn left onto this road, go about 2 km,
and you will come to the tiny hamlet of Beaconia. Continue on
straight ahead to a point where the road curves to the right. Another
smaller gravel road continues straight ahead. Follow this road for
about another 2 km and you will come to a parking area. From here
walk over the dunes onto the beach and turn left. It is about a 1 km
walk from here (the clothed beach) to the nudist area, and there are
some coarse gravelly sections of beach along the way, so it is
advisable to wear some good hiking footwear. It's well worth the
hike, however, as you will find yourself on a beautiful, curved
stretch of beach about 0.5 km in length with fine, white
sand."
Note: "Patricia Beach and Beaconia Beach are separated by a
channel connecting Lake Winnipeg to a large marshy lagoon which lies
behind the two peninsulas on which the beaches are located. The
channel is about 200-300 metres across. At its deepest point it is
usually no more than waist deep and any reasonably fit person can
easily wade across from Patricia Beach. A word of caution, however:
if you see any summer storm clouds on the horizon, this channel can
become very treacherous. A summer squall can whip up 1 to 2 metre
waves within minutes. It has happened where people have become
stranded on the opposite side of the channel from where they wanted
to be and had to wait out the storm stark naked, having left their
clothes on the other side! Most of the time, however, the channel is
very placid." [H.R., 1998]
Important Note: Several people
were charged with public nudity in July 1998 after complaints from
nearby residents, so watch out for police.
MANITOBA: Manitoba
Naturists Association web site.
This site was last updated in 2000. [Last checked: July 2010]
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