Top Camano Venues

• Spaces for 100 Guests
• 1 Waterfront
• 1 Park

Squalicum Boathouse sits at the tip of Zuanich Point Park, on a small spit that encloses Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham, Washington. The building's open design pairs high, beamed ceilings with natural wood and stone, centered on a fireplace and a wall of oversized windows that frame views across Bellingham Bay to Lummi Island. The event room accommodates up to 100 guests theater-style or 80 for banquet-style seating, suiting it to wedding receptions, corporate gatherings, and community celebrations. A full kitchen and buffet area support catering service, and the room includes a Bluetooth-capable sound system with wireless microphones for toasts, presentations, or background music. Squalicum Boathouse is operated by the Port of Bellingham and available for full-day, half-day, and hourly rental, with a list of pre-qualified caterers on hand for events that don't bring their own.

• Spaces for 150 Guests

Two very different buildings anchor the Whatcom Museum's event program: a Victorian-era city hall from 1892 and a contemporary gallery wrapped in glass. Weddings, corporate celebrations, and musical performances all find a home somewhere between the two campuses in Bellingham, Washington. Old City Hall brings a grand staircase, a clock tower, and Victorian architectural details to the experience, with its Rotunda Room prized for exceptional acoustics and a piano that suits intimate ceremonies and receptions built around live music. Across town, the Lightcatcher building takes a different approach entirely — a translucent wall rising 37 feet high and running 180 feet long floods the entry hall with natural daylight, and both that entry hall and the adjoining courtyard double as performance and reception space, indoor and outdoor options included. Since 1941, the museum has built out educational programs alongside a permanent collection of nearly 30,000 art and history objects and more than 200,000 images in its photo archives, with a particular strength in Pacific Northwest indigenous basketry. That mix of Victorian landmark, modern architecture, and museum-grade collections gives event hosts a setting that reads as considerably more than a rented hall.

• Spaces for 13-800 Guests
• 2 Restaurants
• 7 Hotels
• 7 Total Spaces

The Seattle Marriott Waterfront sits directly on Elliott Bay in downtown Seattle, at 2100 Alaskan Way across from the city's cruise ship terminals. Nautical-themed guest rooms look out over the water and surrounding mountains, and Pike Place Market, the Space Needle, and the Seattle Aquarium are all just minutes away. Nine event rooms make up more than 18,000 square feet of space, anchored by the roughly 8,000-square-foot Grand Pacific Ballroom, which holds up to 900 guests theater-style, 800 for a reception, and 600 for a seated banquet. Smaller rooms, including the Harbor Room, Seaport Room, and Executive Boardroom, support meetings and gatherings of varying size, and proximity to Bell Harbor Conference Center adds further capacity when needed. Weddings bring waterfront ceremony sites together with the hotel's ballrooms, supported by Marriott Certified Wedding Planners who help coordinate menus, table settings, and vendors. Hook & Plow, the hotel's on-site restaurant, doubles as an event space with its own water views, while on-site catering and event technology round out the planning support available for meetings and celebrations alike.

• Spaces for 300 Guests

• Spaces for 100 Guests

• Spaces for 125 Guests

• Spaces for 300 Guests

• Spaces for 185 Guests

Delta Hotels Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort offers event spaces for your next celebration in Victoria, British Columbia.

• Spaces for 250 Guests

Darrington Community Center has served as the gathering place for this remote Washington town since 1954, when it was built with donated time, skill, and materials from residents of the Darrington area. Owned by the Town of Darrington and managed by a volunteer Board of Trustees, the center houses a gymnasium, a meeting room, and a full kitchen, and hosts weddings, bridal and baby showers, family reunions, potlucks, tribal meetings, and memorial gatherings alongside the community's regular sporting events. Generations of volunteers have kept the building in service, from new gym flooring and updated electrical and HVAC systems to a modern projection system. In 2017, the Board restored the center's exterior to its original color using footage from the 1980 film "High Ice," which had documented the building's early appearance. The center also serves as a designated Red Cross emergency shelter for the surrounding community.

• Spaces for 300 Guests

• Spaces for 175 Guests

• Spaces for 300 Guests

• Spaces for 350-400 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 2 Barns
• 3 Historic Spaces

Pickering Barn is a city-owned event venue in Issaquah, Washington, built around a barn that once stood on the property of territorial governor William Pickering in the 1800s and has served the community for more than 110 years. The 12,000-square-foot facility is organized into two connected banquet rooms, the Hay Barn and the Dairy Barn, which can be booked together for up to 350 guests or reserved individually for smaller events, along with an outdoor courtyard suited to ceremonies. Planners booking Pickering Barn have access to two dedicated dressing rooms, the Jersey Room and the Holstein Room, each outfitted with mirrors and clothing racks, plus the Creamery, a catering prep space with commercial refrigeration and sinks. An on-site venue attendant supports facility access, setup, cleanup, and security throughout the rental period, and the barns include AV equipment and wireless internet. Parking is included with every rental: the adjacent lot holds 145 vehicles, including six accessible stalls. Beyond private events, Pickering Barn also hosts the Issaquah Farmers Market and the annual Spring Sustainability Fair.

• Spaces for 500 Guests