We had our wedding at Enger Tower last Sept.  It was the perfect place and you can rent the space for $60 for the whole day.  Granted people will still be allowed at the park but you will be the only event there on the day.

Brandy and I played a reception barn dance at the old tennis courts in Chester a couple weeks ago.  No lake view, but a nice, outdoor setting with a privacy.  They had a huge tent up and alcohol was served so long as they had a rent-a-cop.  It was quite nice.

Glensheen.

+1 for Brighton Beach.  I was at a wedding there a few years ago and it was very nice.  There is a fairly large picnic shelter there that they were able to reserve in case the weather was not cooperating.

I also recommend Enger Park. My brother got married there, wonderful view.

 Lake Place  between downtown Duluth and Lake Superior at the corner of the lake has a spot designed just for this sort of thing by the designer, Kent Worley.  Unfortunately it was never really exploited by the City of Duluth for some reason perhaps because they are skittish of finding that their multi-million dollar international sculpture garden is home to the occasional down-on-their-luck types and also very rare crimes, usually committed ON, not by said down-on-their-luck types. When I met Worley to talk about Lake Place in 2004 he told me about the spot, it is on the North End of the Place (park) a little flat platform in a break in the greenery on the Michigan Street side but facing Lake Superior. If you go there you'll find it no sweat as well as a couple of other candidates near the Peace bell and the sunken band stage.  Those are good ideas, too but as far as I know this one, near two or three of the other "lesser" sculptures has never been used for a wedding even though that's what it was designed for.  How's that for unique?

My professional .02:
the farther away it is from a real kitchen, the more you will pay for food and the iffier it will be - if you are thinking about catering.

Mark, where on Stony Point did you have your ceremony? I'm familiar with the area and trying to picture the ceremony. Did you have to make a treacherous walk down or were you on the rocky beach? I love Stony Point and frequently stop to walk on my way home from work.

We had our wedding at Chamber's Grove.  It's a City of Duluth park.  Beautiful outdoor wedding with the St. Louis River as a backdrop.

Yeah, there was a 10' section of trail that we had negotiate. I did some weed whipping the week before and I took an old long rug and nail it down over that section of the trail. We got married on "cliffs". We found a 10'X6' rock that we used as our altar. It was perfect for me, my wife, justice of the peace, best man, maid of honor, and a couple of flower arrangements. The "altar" was elevated about 1-2 feet about the main surface of the rock. We were between the audience and the lake. If was a brief service so everyone just stood. The father of the bride walked the bride down from the bus. We had a flower girl dropping flower petals. Afterwards, we enjoyed champagne and bubbles and pictures and everyone rode the bus back to Fitgers for dinner. We had a more traditional reception the next day at Fitgers with friends and extended family. Hope that helps.

I've been to some wild parties at Lafayette, that's an *excellent* place for a casual, beachy-type of wedding! You do have to hire a security person if you serve alcohol, and I'm thinking, you have to talk to the city about that too and get a permit?