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On WeddingWire since 2021
Last update: October 2024
Alton Mill Arts Centre is a one-of-a-kind heritage venue located in Caledon, Ontario. Tucked away on the tranquil banks of Shaw’s Creek, it is home to an art gallery, museum, artist studios and artisanal shops, and hosts wedding and other events to help support its Arts madate. Dating back to the 1880s, this lovingly restored stone mill offers a romantic and unique backdrop for couples tying the knot. The mill features privacy and scenic surroundings, yet is conveniently located an hour’s drive from Toronto.
Facilities and Capacity
When you book your wedding at Alton Mill Arts Centre, you can hold your ceremony and reception in the venue’s idyllic event spaces. The 19th-century industrial-chic venue boasts beautiful indoor and outdoor spaces that surround you and your guests with art and nature. You can exchange vows among the serene millpond while the waterfall provides a soothing soundtrack to your special day. The property features lush greenery or a blanket of sparkling snow depending on which season you marry in.
Our largest space is the Annex Courtyard, formed by the restored stone walls of the original wool warehouse topped with a spectacular seasonal tent roof. Inside the mill, you can choose from several function rooms and galleries for your reception. The main indoor reception space are the Millrace Room and abutting Turbine Room. It also abuts the Waterfall Courtyard where your guests can step out to mingle outdoors. The Headwaters Arts Gallery is available for a post-cetemony cocktail reception or as an addition to the main indoor reception space. This venue can accommodate weddings of up to 180 attendees in the warmer months, 110 in winter.
Services Offered
Alton Mill Arts Centre offers a wide array of services to ensure your special day leaves a lasting impression on all in attendance. Their standard wedding package includes the use of three function rooms and the courtyards, ensuring you and your guests have ample space to celebrate. Their events team is happy to coordinate with artists to provide portrait demonstrations and other entertainment for your loved ones. You can organize catering with one of our preferred caterers for the highest quality dishes and service. Alternatively, you may work with an outside caterer of your choice for an additional fee. The property hosts an officiant, a floral arranger, a jewellery maker and even a tattoo artist! In addition to weddings, this venue can accommodate photo sessions, showers, engagement parties, and rehearsal dinners.
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A meeting planner and artist, Margi has her studio/office at the mill. She can answer all your questions about booking of our spaces.
General Manager, Chef, Author, and Professor
Chef Kouprie has “only lived up here [in the country not far from Alton] for six years. I thought there would be an opportunity for me. I came up to run and chef at the Globe restaurant but I didn’t stay for long.
“I’m so thankful that I’m up here,” he went on to say. “My family and the Grants met on vacation at a resort and then we met again here and [it has worked out very well]. The Pond Gallery will host the restaurant and it will service the snack bar downstairs. This all has to happen together.”
Martin Kouprie is a chef by training, commenting, “I’ve been cooking longer than I’ve done anything else.”
His training was primarily acquired by working for the best chefs, back in the day when they had a trial system, telling us that chefs don’t do that anymore. Many times they hired an employee on merit.
Chef Kouprie went to Humber College to complete his credentials by achieving his Certificate Chef de Cuisine (CCC).
For 20 years, his Toronto restaurant Pangia was located at Bay and Bloor.
The Chef’s background is wine, “The Alton Mill is about the local experience, to experience the terroir.”
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