Gostlin Keefer Lake Lodge

Gostlin Keefer Lake Lodge feels like the kind of place everyone has to travel a little farther to reach, and is very glad they did.

Hidden in the British Columbia wilderness near Cherryville, the property sits on the shores of Keefer Lake with the Monashee Mountains rising beyond the water.

That view can become the ceremony.

Guests gather at the lakeshore while the mountains stretch behind the vows and the stillness of the wilderness makes everything beyond the two people standing there feel very far away.

And if the weather changes its mind, the romance does not disappear.

The ceremony can move inside beside the lodge's stone fireplace, trading lake and mountains for the warmth of a true wilderness lodge.

For couples who want to take the adventure even farther, the team can also explore possibilities for a mountaintop ceremony or photographs.

Then everyone comes back together.

An intimate reception can gather inside Black Bear Lodge for dinner and speeches, while the vast grounds open up possibilities for celebrating outdoors. The Twisted Post Bar & Lounge gives cocktails and the later part of the evening somewhere of their own.

With two lodges and accommodation on the property, the wedding can become something much bigger than a few hours.

Guests arrive.

They settle into the wilderness.

People who normally see one another once or twice a year suddenly have an entire weekend together.

And somewhere between the lake, the mountains and dinner, the wedding begins feeling like a little world of its own.

Eventually the music quiets.

The water becomes dark.

The mountains disappear into the night.

And everyone who travelled all this way wakes the next morning knowing it was completely worth the journey.