A historical tour of the conflicts and controversies that formed the resilient, 90-year-old Lake O’ The Woods Club. Nudism historian Evan Nicks writes about how Lake O’ The Woods came to be. It’s a really good read!
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by Bob Kasarda
Just minutes from downtown Valparaiso, on a 137-acre site that had at one time been a saw mill and wool mill, three generations of one family enjoyed last Sunday’s break in the extreme heat by splashing around with other smiling faces in a heated in-ground swimming pool.
A few couples and individuals lay poolside, while others soaked up the bright sunshine along the shore of nearby Sager Lake, paddle boarded across its pristine surface and explored the nature trail surrounding the 20-acre body of water.
The scene was friendly, respectful and quite ordinary, other than the fact that no one was wearing any clothing and that nude gatherings like this have been going on at this site for 90 years as of just a few weeks ago. The recent anniversary gave the Lake O’ The Woods Club bragging rights as one of two of the oldest continuously operated nudist clubs in the country, and yet it remains a mystery to many who live in the area . . .
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