Unbounded Cold Camp

While The Kawarthas is a well-known summer destination, unique local businesses like Unbounded are helping to ensure the tourist economy thrives year-round by inviting visitors to enjoy thrilling adventures throughout the winter — including cold plunging.

Though it has become trendy in recent years, when Unbounded founder and co-CEO Nick McNaught first founded the business alongside a group of friends, it was before cold plunging was cool.

Then living in Toronto and facing social and mental health challenges during the pandemic, McNaught and his friends were committed to “figuring out how to live a purposeful, stress-managed” life. Over a winter, they spent time at Oak Lake in the Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen in Peterborough County, doing cold plunges, using a sauna, building fires, and ultimately connecting with nature, their bodies, and each other.

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The Local Advantage in Peterborough County is a branded editorial feature series about locally owned independent businesses in Peterborough County, created in partnership with Peterborough County’s Economic Development & Tourism Division.