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We are sorry to announce that, effective immediately, we will no longer be assigning long-term campsites. The waiting list has been discontinued. Any long-term site that is relinquished will become a short-term campsite. All projects that contribute to making campsites more usable for long-term stays have been stopped. Members with an existing long-term agreement will still be allowed to sell their trailer with the site if the new site-holders qualify for membership. But any potential purchaser will be subject to increased scrutiny. The reason for this is that an individual, with the assistance of a few members, has made long-term campsites unsustainable. How we gotRead More →

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Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park has worked with THEMUSEUM to organize a clothes-free evening in the Getting Naked exhibit of nude art on Friday, March 27, 2015 from 7pm to 10pm. You can buy your tickets here. If you want to use Facebook to invite others, here is the event. If you prefer Google+, here is the event. By being nude themselves, the viewers will experience an atypical relationship with the art. No longer in a position of being a mere voyeurs, the exhibit guests will become part of the works themselves as they explore their own feelings in relation to the artists’ intent. THEMUSEUMRead More →

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 As we reflect on the horrible events in Paris, we may not think that there are any implications for naturism. Yet there are. Certainly, nobody is killing us for our beliefs. Nor are any naturists turning violent against those who oppose us. But at the core of the Charlie Hebdo event is the concept of offence. That is the same notion that is used to justify restricting your right to sunbathe clothing-free at the beach, in the park or even in your backyard at home. The news media is debating whether to show the latest cover of Charlie Hebdo because it depicts the Islamic prophetRead More →

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The French naturist federation (Fédération française de Naturisme or FFN) posted the following yesterday: It is with deep sadness that the Fédération française de Naturisme has learned of the passing of Christiane Lecoq at the retirement home in Chatou (Yvelines), on Wednesday December 24. The funeral will be held on Friday January 2, 2015 at the Notre-Dame de Chatou church (Yvelines), place Ste Marie at 11h00 followed by the interment at the Carrières-sur-Seine cemetery where she will join her late husband, Albert Lecocq. This news sends into mourning the naturist movement not just in France but worldwide. In fact, this venerable resident of Carrières-sur-Seine, nativeRead More →

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What do real Canadians do in the winter?  Take off all their clothes and play nude volleyball of course!   The 8th Annual Holiday Indoor Nude Volleyball Tournament will be taking place this year on January 3rd at Spikes in London, Ontario.  The price will be $15 per person for both players and spectators.  Families with children under 18 will be $30.  Spikes has 4 sand courts.  Courts will be divided up by level of play.  Levels are A, B, Novice Plus and Novice.  The A and B level will be playing a 6=4 on 4 format.  The Novice and Novice Plus levels will beRead More →

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While things are much quieter at Bare Oaks in the winter, we are still open almost every day. Hot tub, sauna, billiards, table tennis, darts, or just hanging out by the fireplace may seem like the obvious activities. But the outdoors are beautiful in the winter too! Thanks to Wendy and Kim, we now have about 2.5 km of snowshoe trail set for the active part of the membership and interested day visitors. Hopefully the mild weather won’t impact the trails too much. Trails loop around both ponds, lake and of course traverse the Bush Bunny trail in the forest. These can also double asRead More →

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“But what about creepy men?” It’s the question I get asked most frequently by men and women alike when I say I work in a naturist resort. I typically reply that I could get as much creepy attention from men working at a Starbucks, and probably more. Yes, from time to time there will be a fella, almost never a woman, who makes a gesture or a comment that makes me very conscious of my body. But in my experience, it happens less often when I’m at work than it does on the street. For example, after one of my first shifts at Bare OaksRead More →

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  Post by The East Gwillimbury Express.   As we said in the October 1st blog, all Bare Oaks members with a long-term campsite are non-residential tenants under Ontario Municipal Elections Act and are therefore eligible to vote in East Gwillimbury. (visit the blog for instruction on how to vote) We sent an email to all of the candidates in East Gwillimbury and asked them to send a paragraph or two (max. 1,000 characters) explaining why Bare Oaks members should vote for them. Below are the responses we received in the order we received them: Tara Roy-DiClemente  Councillor Candidate Why Vote for Me? 1. IRead More →

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Vote Often October 27th is Election Day in all Ontario municipalities. Did you know that in municipal elections non-residents can also vote?  You can vote in any municipality where you own land or are a tenant. You can only have one residence but you can be a tenant in many ways such as a commercial property or a campsite. All Bare Oaks members with a long-term campsite are non-residential tenants under Ontario Municipal Elections Act and are therefore eligible to vote in East Gwillimbury. To vote, you need to be: A Canadian Citizen At least 18 years of age A resident or tenant (or theirRead More →

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Two Nudes on a Tahitian Beach by Paul Gauguin Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. His peers included Vincent van Gogh and his work influenced other famous artists such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. It should be noted that he was hardly a model citizen. He gained notoriety for a lascivious and indulgent lifestyle. He lived in Tahiti for the first time from 1891 to 1893. There he discovered casual nudity among the natives and spent time nude himself. From those experiences, he recounted an environment where the lack of clothing desexualized women and created more equal relationships between the genders. ItRead More →