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Contents 1 Public Places 2 Beaches 3 Businesses 4 Communities and organizations 5 Hot Springs 6 External Links

[edit] Public Places

Vancouver BC police have been notified that it is not illegal for women to be topless in places where men can be. While the law about woman toplessness isn't clear, a judge in 2000 said it was legal for a woman, Ms. Linda Meyer, to be topless in at a public pool in Maple Ridge BC. It is now public policy in Vancouver that women can be topless in places where men can be including pools and while perhaps not all municipalities might recognize it there is a strong legal case to be made for woman toplessness being legal throughout British Columbia.

[edit] Beaches

• Wreck Beach and Arcadia Beach on the shores below the bluffs of a peninsula that houses the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver are world-famous and very popular
• Three Mile Beach just north of Penticton is an accepted and well-tolerated nude beach in the Okanagan area
• Another traditional clothing-optional beach in the Okanagan area is Cedar Creek C/O Beach in Kelowna
• There are a number of clothing-optional beaches in the Inland Waterway and Sunshine Coast between Vancouver Island and the mainland, including Island View Beach near Sidney, Little Tribune Bay on Hornby Island, and the South Beach on Savary Island.
• Silva Bay on Gabriola Island.
• Crescent Rock naturist beach[1] In Surrey at the foot of Ocean Park's 1001 Steps.
• Steveston Island In the Fraser River close to Steveston Village, is a beautiful island with 3 km of sandy beach. The island doesn't get a lot of visitors, so nude use is possible. It is possible to wade to the east end of the island at low tide, but you might be stranded until the next low tide. Access by boat is recommended.
• Lost Lake Near Whistler. The north end of Lost Lake has had nude use for years.

[edit] Businesses

• Tsunami Backpackers Guesthouse A Hostel in Port Alberni, British Columbia on Vancouver Island. Private, secluded beach, great for swimming, sunbaking, daydreaming...clothing optional.
• Hollyhock Retreat center located on Cortes Island that has a clothing optional hottub.
• Kw'o:kw'e:hala eco vacation retreat in Othello. Opportunities for private, clothing-optional hot tub times are made available for those who so desire. They also have a Finnish sauna where people can experience it in the authentic attire (nude) if they so desire.
• Gold Coast Retreat Has a Finnish sauna which historically they have allowed to be used nude. Call to confirm current policies.
• Cortes Ecoforestry Society Sells nude calendars of members to support their organization which advocates for the forests of Cortes Island, BC.
• Whistler Bungee Supposedly clothing is optional during the summer at this bungee jumping location near Whistler and therefore it provides an opportunity for nude bungee jumping. Contact the location to confirm if this is still their policy.
• Bare Creek Bed & Breakfast Surrey's only clothing optional accommodation, centrally located for easy access to the Lower Mainland. Only 15 minutes drive from Newton Wave Pool, home of the Skinnydipper Recreation Club's monthly nude swims.

[edit] Communities and organizations

Non profit organizations, communities, clubs, resorts. Many offer or require memberships.

• Sol Sante is a landed club on Vancouver Island that accepts TNS/AANR affiliations.
• Fraser Valley Naturist Club A family friendly club, with members of all ages and gender, dedicated to promoting family naturism. Their activities take place a various places through-out the Fraser Valley / Lower Mainland.
• Happy Campers Hideaway Offers rustic "naturist" camping in a beautiful Country Farm setting in Mission.
• Van Tan Club Canada's oldest nudist club, located in picturesque North Vancouver on roughly three hectares, on the lower slopes of Grouse Mountain.
• Okanagan Shuswap Nudist Society A travel nudist club.
• Naked Iconoclasts Fighting The Yoke (NIFTY) An activist political organization dedicated to the cause of clothing-optional rights, in Canada and around the world.
• Wreck Beach Preservation Society Society to preserve and foster Nude use of Wreck Beach.
• Skinnydipper Recreation Club Provides recreational events and services to the nudist and naturist communties of Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
• Sun Lover's Under Grey Skies (SLUGS) is a naturist travel club located in the Puget Sound area in the State of Washington. Most of our members live in the greater Seattle area, but we have members from the Olympic Peninsula to Ellensburg, the Tri-Cities, and as far away as Pullman and Walla Walla in Eastern Washington, and from Vancouver, B.C. to Oregon.
• Surrey United Naturists (SUN) Surrey's United Naturists (SUN) are dedicated to the protection and preservation of Crescent Rock Beach's 50-year history as a nude-friendly shore in South Surrey/White Rock.

[edit] Hot Springs

Rustic and primitive natural hot springs abound in the Pacific Northwest . . . clothing free is the expected norm at all of these hot springs as most of them are of federal lands with no explicit prohibition against simple nudity. Olympic Park Rangers acknowledge the clothing-optional character of their springs by posting signs alerting visitors to the clothing-optional expectations ahead. More hot springs are listed in C/O Hiking & Soaking in the Western U.S. & Canada Googlized map.

• Shookumchuck Hot Springs (aka Lilloet/Agnes Well) is private with a user fee; located south of Pemberton.
• Sloquet Hot Springs is on BC Crown Land further south of Pemberton.
• Clear Creek Hot Springs is on BC Crown Land near Harrison Hot Springs (a commercial operation)
• Meager Creek Hot Springs is on BC Crown Land and remains inaccessible because of a bridge washout
• St Leon Hot Springs is on private property but soakers enjoy the continued soak. The property was recently for sale with several hot spring groups expressing interest. Results are unknown but the soaking continues.
• Halfway River Hot Springs is on BC Crown Lands
• Ram Creek Hot Springs on BC Crown Lands near the town of Skookumchuck in The Kootenays.
• Hot Springs Cove (Tofino), a series of natural, cascading pools in the rugged bedrock right at the ocean's edge and overlooking the Pacific Ocean from the west coast of Vancouver Island. Accessible only by boat or floatplane.

[edit] External Links

• Clothing-Optional Opportunities in British Columbia. It also has a pretty good section on the rest of the Pacific Northwest.
• C/O Hiking & Soaking in the Western U.S. & Canada A very good map of many clothing optional places in British Columbia and the rest of the Pacific Northwest.
• Soakers Forum Great place to find out about hot springs in the area and their current condition.