THE NATURIST LEGACY FILES

WHAT I LEARNED AND WHY I LEFT

My name is John Kundert. I'm a founder of both Naturist Legacy Inc. and Naturist Legacy Park. I was their first member and served as their president in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. I played a central role in helping them create their corporation, buy their land, build their nudist park and grow their membership.

If I could do it all over again . . . I wouldn't.

I chose to leave both Naturist Legacy and social nudism in 2016.

I created this website for past, present and new (2026) Naturist Legacy members.

• It shows you what I learned.
• It shows you why I left.
• It shows you why this matters more than ever in 2026.

Please be aware that this website does not recommend, endorse, approve or promote Naturist Legacy Inc. or Naturist Legacy Park. Neither do I.

All content here is free. I do not benefit financially — and have never benefited financially — from Naturist Legacy Park, Naturist Legacy Inc. or this website.

A PRINCIPLED BEGINNING

"Naturism (also called social nudism) is the practice of going without clothing in social settings (generally in mixed-gender groups of all ages) in the belief that doing so is beneficial. The corporation believes in and supports the principle of providing a safe and secure environment where naturism suitable for all ages can be practiced in a natural and non-sexual setting. The corporation will strive to provide a family-friendly naturist environment that is wholly appropriate for all persons regardless of age, race, gender, relationship status, religion, physical ability or appearance" (from the By-laws of Naturist Legacy Inc. PDF).

I wrote these "Founding Principles of Naturism" in 2010 for Naturist Legacy's first by-laws. We lived by these principles during the entire time I was their president.

I do not know if Naturist Legacy still lives by these principles today.

Naturist Legacy Park overview

Naturist Legacy Park is a nudist park located 35 minutes northeast of Winnipeg's Perimeter Highway (it's 10 kilometres east of Libau, Manitoba on Provincial Road 317). The 80-acre property was vacant farmland when Naturist Legacy Inc. took possession on October 1, 2010. "So how did we go from absolutely nothing to something quite amazing in just two short years? Countless hours of 'outside the box' thinking and planning produced a solid business plan for a naturist park that inspired enough confidence in our members to both fund it and build it. We owe money only to ourselves, with not one thin dime owed to any external bank or lender. Everything we have, including our new land, is fully ours — paid in full. Except for the help of a few necessary tradespeople, every hour of labour that has gone into our park has been volunteered by our own members" (from "Manitoba's Naturist Legacy is open for business").

"Naturist Legacy is a large naturist park with a small campground component. Naturist Legacy's business model is not patterned after our old location, which was essentially a large campground that catered to nudists. We do not actively market camping spaces. We do not need to have a larger campground to survive.... Rather than a campground, we are instead a naturist park first and foremost. We are in the social nudism/naturism business, which is a much broader vision than just the campground business. Our corporation exists to create and hold safe an appropriate location where people can come and practice naturism. We wish to limit the 'footprint' of our buildings, campsites and other infrastructure in order to maintain as much of our land's natural beauty as possible" (from Naturist Legacy's Business Fundamentals Guide PDF).

Everything quoted in the two paragraphs above was true when these words were published in 2013. Not everything quoted in these two paragraphs is true today.

Naturist Legacy Inc. overview

Naturist Legacy Inc. was created in 2010 after the owners of the campground that Crocus Grove Sun Club had called home for 40 years unexpectedly ended nude use. Crocus Grove Sun Club officially evolved into Naturist Legacy Inc. on September 11, 2010. "Naturist Legacy's business structure is somewhat unique. It's not a 'mom and pop' club, a co-op or a commercial, for-profit corporation. We are instead a membership-based non-profit (non-share) corporation. No one 'owns' Naturist Legacy. It's governed and managed by a board of directors (elected by the membership), who are in turn governed by the corporation's by-laws" (from "Manitoba's Naturist Legacy is open for business").

"Naturist Legacy's mission is to provide continuity and stability and endurance for landed social nudism in Manitoba. That mission is both our present and our future. The vision behind this mission has brought us to where we are today. It has been instrumental in the formation of our business model. We are confident that both our vision and our business model will take us successfully into the future" (from Naturist Legacy's Business Fundamentals Guide PDF).

Everything quoted in the two paragraphs above was true when these words were published in 2013. Not everything quoted in these two paragraphs is true today.