The Cove Lakeside Resort

There is a particular kind of quiet when vows are spoken with waves arriving softly on the sand.

The Cove Lakeside Resort sits on Gellatly Bay on the shores of Okanagan Lake in West Kelowna, at the heart of the Westside Wine Trail.

The resort's sandy beach is its signature ceremony setting, welcoming up to 100 guests with the lake as the backdrop.

Gellatly Garden offers another option: winding walkways and flowering shrubs lead to a wedding arbour, with room for up to 100 guests for the ceremony.

For dinner, the Gellatly Garden Marquee brings everyone together under a tent for an alfresco evening for up to 100 guests.

Indoors, the Grand Reserve Room has natural light, warm earth tones, a 20-foot vaulted ceiling and a private terrace. It hosts dining or cocktails for up to 100 guests, or 90 with a dance floor. The Gellatly Reserve Room, with large windows overlooking the garden and mountains, suits ceremonies and cocktail parties for up to 60.

Wedding bundles bring the practical pieces together, from ceremony chairs and a signing table to dinner tables, white linens, china and a podium and speaker package, all set up by the resort.

Friends and family can stay right on the property in spacious one, two and three bedroom suites, with special wedding accommodation rates offered to guests.

For couples who picture a lakeside ceremony, a garden dinner and everyone staying together by the water, The Cove Lakeside Resort offers a complete Okanagan wedding in one place.