Skip to content

Art Borups Corners

Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario

cropped-1.jpg
Primary Menu
  • Home
  • About
    • About Art Borups Corners
    • Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario
      • Local Services Board of Melgund
      • Borups Corners, Northwestern Ontario
      • Dyment, Northwestern Ontario
      • Neighbouring Communities
    • Reports
      • 2023-2024 Report
      • 2021-2022 Report
      • Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Tracker
  • News
    • Melgund Township News
    • Events and Activities
      • 2025-2026 Melgund Township Music Series
    • Local Services Board of Melgund Meeting Minutes
    • News Archive
    • Photos and Short Stories
  • Arts and Culture
    • Melgund Township Spring and Summer Arts Incubator Program
    • Art Borups Corners
    • Artists, Researchers and Collaborators
    • Creative Arts & Community Recreation Programs
    • Living Land Lab
    • Storytelling Club
    • The Arts Incubator
    • Recreation
      • Framework for Recreation in Canada
      • Music and Entertainment
      • Recreation for an Aging Population
      • Youth Engagement
      • Facilities
        • Dyment Cookshack
        • Dyment Recreation Hall
        • Melgund Lake Boat Launch
        • Dyment Ice Shack
        • Melgund Lake Conservation Reserve
        • The Pavilion
  • Resources
    • Melgund Township Oral History Project
    • Barnes and Noble
    • Borups Corners Adventures
    • Internet Bookshop Italia
    • Palace Marketplace
    • Thalia Books
    • Adaptive Phased Management
    • Northern Services Boards Act
    • Funding Programs and Sources
    • Guide for Local Services Boards
  • Contact
  • Arts Incubator
  • Home
  • Photos and Short Stories
  • Northern White Violet
  • Photos and Short Stories

Northern White Violet

Tucked quietly among mosses and ferns, the Northern White Violet (Viola macloskeyi) is one of the forest's most understated treasures.
Jamie Bell May 29, 2025
With soft white petals etched by fine purple veins, the Northern White Violet graces mossy forest floors and damp meadows, offering subtle beauty and early sustenance for native pollinators in northern ecosystems.

With soft white petals etched by fine purple veins, the Northern White Violet graces mossy forest floors and damp meadows, offering subtle beauty and early sustenance for native pollinators in northern ecosystems.

Viola macloskeyi – A Delicate Presence in Cool, Shaded Wetlands

Tucked quietly among mosses and ferns, the Northern White Violet (Viola macloskeyi) is one of the forest’s most understated treasures. Its small, white blossoms often go unnoticed beneath taller plants, but to those who kneel and look closely, it reveals a fine, almost fragile elegance. Each petal is etched with delicate purple lines, like veins on paper or the gentle strokes of a careful hand, guiding bees and flies to the flower’s hidden center. It doesn’t demand attention. Instead, it invites stillness — the kind of attention that only comes when we slow down.

This violet isn’t loud or showy, and that’s part of its charm. It emerges in early spring, when the ground is still wet from snowmelt, and the air carries the chill of a long winter’s end. It thrives in places others might overlook: boggy forest margins, shaded hollows, the edge of a quiet stream. There, it plays its part in the larger web of life — feeding pollinators, supporting soil health, and quietly marking the shift of seasons.

For generations, people living close to the land have noticed the Northern White Violet, even if they didn’t always name it. In some places, it’s been used for gentle remedies or simply admired for its persistence and grace. It’s a reminder that beauty often lives low to the ground — in the overlooked, in the quiet, in the places where few others choose to grow.

About the Author

Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell

Administrator

Jamie Bell is a Winnipeg-based interdisciplinary artist and strategist working at the intersection of media arts, community engagement, and public affairs. Among others, his work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, with a focus on participatory media, strategic communications, and arts-based collaboration across northern and urban contexts.

Author's website Author's posts
Tags: Plants SDG 15

Continue Reading

Previous: Rhubarb’s Spring Ascent
Next: Northern Bog Violet: A Bloom in the Wetlands

Related News

This year, programming in Borups Corners and Melgund Township is rebuilding memory through digital arts, storytelling, and community resilience.
  • Borups Corners
  • Photos and Short Stories

The Old Books

Terri Bell October 3, 2025
Terry's creek is drowning in junk. Can he clean it alone? Watch one boy's passion ignite a community, teaching everyone to cherish nature.
  • Photos and Short Stories

Terry’s Big Creek Clean Up

Art Borups Corners October 2, 2025
A collage of golden autumn leaves, each one carrying the marks of change and time. Together, they create a warm, textured reminder of the fleeting beauty of the season.
  • Photos and Short Stories

Yellow Leaves

Art Borups Corners September 30, 2025

Recent Posts

  • LSB Meeting Agenda
  • The Old Books
  • Terry’s Big Creek Clean Up
  • Thanking our Artists: Eva Suluk
  • Yellow Leaves
Ontario projects and programming for The Arts Incubator have been made possible with funding and support from the Ontario Arts Council.

You may have missed

The Dyment Recreation Hall has a new addition, following extensive repairs after a flood in 2022. The new addition and repairs were funded by the community and with support from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization.
  • LSB Meeting Agendas
  • Melgund Township

LSB Meeting Agenda

Art Borups Corners October 3, 2025
This year, programming in Borups Corners and Melgund Township is rebuilding memory through digital arts, storytelling, and community resilience.
  • Borups Corners
  • Photos and Short Stories

The Old Books

Terri Bell October 3, 2025
Terry's creek is drowning in junk. Can he clean it alone? Watch one boy's passion ignite a community, teaching everyone to cherish nature.
  • Photos and Short Stories

Terry’s Big Creek Clean Up

Art Borups Corners October 2, 2025
Eva Suluk - The Arts Incubator
  • Artists
  • Borups Corners

Thanking our Artists: Eva Suluk

Art Borups Corners October 1, 2025

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ARTS PROGRAMS

This platform, our Northwestern Ontario hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Arts Incubator and Art Borups Corners Collective was seeded with strategic arts innovation funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse and the Local Services Board of Melgund. We thank them for their investment, support and bringing the arts to life.

Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Logo

SUPPORTING ARTS AND RECREATION

Borups Corners Arts and Recreation supports arts and recreation in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario as volunteer-driven Arts Collective.

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
Copyright © Art Borups Corners in partnership with The Arts Incubator. All rights reserved. | MoreNews by AF themes.