Amid COVID-19 restrictions, a Nova Scotia couple adamant to get their families to witness the ceremony, arranged for their wedding to take place at the US-Canada border.?
Despite being meters away, their American family witnessed the ceremony standing on a wharf from the other side of the river, which is located in US territory.
In the ongoing pandemic, several restrictions imposed by governments has forced weddings to either get postponed, or be sized down to private ceremonies with others joining in via video calls.?
But this couple was hell-bent on getting their folks over for their big day while keeping a safe distance.?
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According to reports,?Lindsay Clowes and Alex Leckie were married on a wharf along the St. Croix River in St. Stephen, N.B., so their family and friends across the river in Maine could be part of the celebrations.?
"It was really neat because I could see, you know, Alex standing at the altar in front of me. I could see our family on the U.S. side, and then I could see some of my relatives in the boat just out from the wharf," Clowes told CBC.?
It wasn't the wedding they initially planned, but the newlyweds say they wouldn't change a thing. While guests in Maine could see the ceremony across the river, technology helped them hear it.??
"There's not an ounce of disappointment that we decided to go this route. It's definitely a story that we will remember and be telling for years to come," Clowes?said.
The couple were originally planning to get married in Canada earlier this year, however, the pandemic played spoilsport for them.
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With international borders shut and guests requiring to self-isolate for two weeks, they were faced with the prospect of not having even their immediate families alongside them during the wedding.
Clowes was determined to make the pandemic wedding happen and would not let it be on hold indefinitely. Finally, she came up with the idea of marrying on the wharf along the river.
They chose to invite just 30 close family and friends. Meanwhile, officials in Maine permitted 15 members of the bride's relatives to gather on the US side of the water to watch the event together.??