Wreck Beach

This guide to Wreck Beach in Vancouver traces the two-decade fight that made it Canada's first legally recognized clothing-optional beach in 1991, from a 1970 police raid to a protest that drew thousands of bare-skinned demonstrators. It follows Mary Jean Dunsdon, known as Watermelon, who began selling fruit on the sand in 1993 and was later arrested three times for cannabis-infused cookies. A preservationist named Judy Williams spent those same years fighting bulldozers and developers up on the cliff path above.