Club de Golf Siscoe

Club de Golf Siscoe feels like a wedding on its own island, with the fairways on one side, Lac Demontigny on the other and the whole celebration wrapped in water and northern light.

The club sits on Île Siscoe, about ten minutes from Val-d'Or, where a nine-hole course runs along the lake. The clubhouse holds Resto Le Chalet, a bistro with seating inside and on the patio that looks out over the greens and the water, and it is here that the day takes shape. A large, bright room welcomes receptions of up to 100 guests, and there are docks for anyone who would rather arrive by boat.

Wedding bookings take the room for the Saturday, with the day reserved for setting up and taking down, and the venue's wedding package pairs the hall with two nights in the eight ready-to-camp units at Station Boréale, so guests from out of town can stay right on the site. The team offers accompaniment through the planning, the bar is run by the house, and the bistro kitchen handles the food.

Picture the ceremony in the open air with the lake behind the vows, a cocktail on the patio as the light goes long over the course, and dinner and dancing inside the bright hall while the water goes still outside. Then, instead of a drive home, a short walk to the domes and a morning on the island. For couples in Abitibi who want a wedding with lake, forest and a little adventure, Siscoe has a quiet magic of its own.

• Rooms for guests on site
• A patio or terrace