Beachwood Resort

At Beachwood Resort, there is an entirely legitimate way to arrive at your wedding by boat.

That tells you quite a lot about the place.

Set on Deer Bay, part of Lower Buckhorn Lake, Beachwood gives couples the sort of Ontario cottage-country wedding where the water is not simply somewhere to take photographs after the ceremony.

It is part of the day.

The wedding party can make its entrance by pontoon boat, turning the journey toward the ceremony into one of those moments guests will still be talking about over dinner.

The Main Lodge can host receptions of up to 120 guests, while couples dreaming a little bigger can use a tented reception for as many as 200.

And there is no need to break the celebration into different properties.

The rehearsal dinner can happen here.

So can the ceremony.

The reception.

The overnight stay.

And breakfast when everyone emerges the following morning looking considerably less polished than they did in the photographs.

That is where Beachwood really earns its place as a wedding resort rather than simply a waterfront event room.

Guests can stay.

Couples can turn one important day into a few days beside the lake.

There is time for family to actually see one another, for friends to catch up and for the people who travelled farthest to feel as though they came for more than dinner and a dance.

Then there is that wonderful moment when the wedding itself begins.

The chairs fill.

Everyone turns toward the water.

And somewhere out on Deer Bay, a pontoon boat may be carrying the people they are all waiting to see.

Some wedding entrances need music.

This one can have a lake.

• Ceremony and reception in one place
• On the water, or with water views
• Gardens and grounds
• Rooms for guests on site
• In-house catering and menus
• A coordinator to guide the day
• Live music welcome
• A patio or terrace
• A fireplace or fire pit
• Tented celebrations possible
• Rehearsal dinners and next-day brunch
• Exclusive use of the venue