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The Maritimes & Québec
The Maritimes—Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island
Québec

THE MARITIMES—Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island     [ ↑ ]

NUDE BEACHES

      The Maritimes are three small (by Canadian standards) provinces located northeast of Maine: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Each of these provinces has one beach where nudists congregate.

      Nova Scotia's nude beach is Crystal Crescent Beach  44.4512N, 63.6209W  [1], located on the Atlantic Ocean about 30 kilometers south of Halifax. The nude area is a small cove separated from the main textile beach by about a kilometer.

      New Brunswick's nude beach is Kelly's Beach  46.8148N, 64.8980W  [2] on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, located in a sparsely populated area about 115 kilometers north of Moncton. Kelly's Beach is within a national park and is several kilometers long, and it's far southern reaches provide seclusion for nudists.

      On the north coast of Prince Edward Island, Blooming Point Beach  46.4155N, 62.9998W  [2] is a long and sparsely attended beach on the Gulf of St. Lawrence about 25 kilometers northeast of Charlottetown. A scattering of nudists gather on the far west end of the beach.

      Of the Maritimes' three notable beaches, Crystal Crescent is by far the most popular and best established. It is also the closest to an urban area (Halifax) and requires the least walking—15 minutes compared to about half an hour for Kelly's and Blooming Point.


QUEBEC     [ ↑ ]

NUDE BEACHES

      Québec's most popular nude beach is within metropolitan Montréal. About 50 kilometers west of the city on the north shore of Lake of the Two Mountains (Lac des Deux-Montagnes), Plage d'Oka  45.4688N, 74.0257W  [1]—nicknamed "Okapulco" by locals—draws hundreds of bare bathers.

      The eponymous provincial capital of Québec, often called Québec City or Ville de Québec for clarity, is about 250 kilometers northeast of Montréal, farther down the mightly St. Lawrence. About an hour's drive from the city, a spot along the Rivière Palmer  46.3299N, 71.4120W  [2] near the rural village of Sainte-Agathe is an idyllic gathering place for nudists.

      Plage de Cap-aux-Oies  47.5027N, 70.2298W  [2], on the north bank of the broad St. Lawrence River, is a beautiful beach located 115 kilometers northeast of Québec City. The lightly attended north end of the beach is where a few bare bathers congregate.

      At 250 kilometers north of Québec City and 500 kilometers northeast of Montréal, Plage de la Pointe-Taillon  48.6777N, 71.9180W  [2] in the Lac St-Jean resort area near Alma is surely the most remote mainland nude beach in the province.

LODGING

     Domaine de l'Arc-en-Ciel    46.4693N, 71.7382W 
          Joly (southwest of Québec City)

     Centre Naturiste Oasis    45.7891N, 73.7185W 
          La Plaine (north of Montréal)

     Loisirs Air Soleil    45.8049N, 72.2913W 
          L'Avenir (southeastern Québec)

     Maison Des Jardins    45.5214N, 73.5576W 
          Montréal

     Domaine Le Cyprès    46.8491N, 72.3430W 
          Notre-Dame-de-Montauban (west of Québec City)

     La Vielle Ferme    48.3891N, 68.5128W 
          Rimouski (Lower St. Lawrence)

     Bain de Nature    45.3374N, 72.7704W 
          St-Alphonse-de-Granby (between Montréal and Sherbrooke)

     La Pommerie    45.0585N, 73.8647W 
          Saint-Antoine-Abbé (south of Montréal, near NY border)

     Domaine Soleil de l'Amitié    45.8759N, 72.3838W 
          St-Cyrille-de-Wendover (southeastern Québec )

     Domaine Emeraude    46.0825N, 72.8651W 
          St-François-de-Lac (between Montréal and Trois-Rivières)

     Camping de la Fierté    46.0214N, 73.6934W 
          Ste-Julienne (north of Montréal)

     Camping Plein Bois    45.4340N, 74.2888W 
          Ste-Marthe (west of Montréal, near ON border)






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