Port Colborne Country Club

Between the Lake Erie shoreline and the greens of an established Niagara golf club, Port Colborne Country Club gives couples a wedding setting that feels comfortably removed from the pace of the city.

The club has served the region for generations, and its country-style clubhouse continues to host gatherings, showers, parties and weddings.

For a reception, the main dining room can accommodate a substantial guest list while keeping the celebration connected to the course outside. A smaller lounge and patio provide another place for guests to gather, particularly during the earlier part of the day.

The golf-course setting naturally lends itself to wedding photographs. Mature fairways, open views and the changing light across the property offer couples space to step away from the reception for a few minutes without leaving everyone behind.

That can create some of the loveliest moments of the day.

The music is still happening somewhere in the distance, everyone you love is inside, but for ten quiet minutes it is simply the two of you walking across the property together.

Inside, the clubhouse allows the wedding to return to a more traditional rhythm: dinner, speeches, cake, music and a dance floor full of people who have known you for every different chapter of your lives.

Port Colborne Country Club is not trying to feel like a downtown ballroom.

Its charm comes from being a country club near Lake Erie where a wedding can breathe a little more.

For Niagara couples who want classic reception traditions surrounded by open space and golf-course scenery, it offers a lovely middle ground between formal and relaxed.

• Jardins et terrains
• Sur un terrain de golf