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Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario
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Home / Northwestern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario is a region defined by its vast landscapes, resilient communities, and growing creative movement. Projects like Art Borups Corners and The Arts Incubator are helping shape a new era of collaboration and artistic innovation across the North. Supported by the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts, these initiatives foster interdisciplinary creation, digital arts, and community-based projects that reflect the unique spirit of Northern Ontario. From Melgund Township to Borups Corners and Dyment, Northwestern Ontario is emerging as a vibrant hub where artists and residents work together to strengthen cultural identity and expand opportunities for creative growth across the region.

Celebrate Canada Day in Northwestern Ontario with local artists, vendors, live music and handmade crafts by Tanya McArthur at Dyment Recreation Hall. Vendor spaces are free and still available.
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Dryden Artist Tanya McArthur Bringing Handmade Creations to Canada Day Market

Artist Tanya McArthur’s colourful knitted creations join a growing lineup of vendors, music and community for upcoming Canada events Day in Dyment.
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Celebrate Canada Day in Northwestern Ontario
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Celebrate Canada Day in Northwestern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario celebrates Canada Day in Melgund Township with entertainment, food, arts and family-friendly fun on July 1 from 12-5 p.m.
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Art and Placemaking Revitalizes Dyment Recreation Hall
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Art and Placemaking Revitalizes Dyment Recreation Hall

See how we turned an underutilized room at the Dyment Recreation Hall into a welcoming culture space for everyone in the area.
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Vibe coding bridges the gap between software development and artistic expression, turning code into a fluid creative canvas. For community groups like The Arts Incubator Winnipeg, this design-first approach enables nontechnical creators to build bespoke digital tools through intuitive, natural language AI platforms.
Recreation

The Rise of Vibe Coding

Traditional programming is changing fast as a new wave of community developers uses AI to get instant visual feedback.
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Northwestern Ontario's Saskatoon berries are flowering two weeks later than normal, but the bushes are bursting with life. Here is why we are keeping a close eye on the woods and getting ready for pie season.
Food Security and Innovation

Worth the Wait: Saskatoon Berries Flowering

Spring arrived a little behind schedule this year, but the promise of a summer harvest is finally turning our northern forests white.
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Local Borups Corners artist Leanne Nicholson led a thoughtful discussion on grief, memory, and healing through art during the June Speaker Series in Melgund Township. Participants gathered to reflect on loss, resilience, and the role creative expression can play in navigating life's most difficult experiences.
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Artist-Led Workshop Examines Grief and Memory

Community members gathered in Melgund Township for a thoughtful conversation on grief, loss and creative expression with artist Leanne Nicholson.
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A tiny green gem: A Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) perches on a fingertip in Melgund Township, Ontario. Despite its name, this native amphibian can shift its color from mottled gray to vibrant green to blend seamlessly into the Boreal forest canopy.
Photos and Short Stories

Master of disguise spotted in Melgund Township

Despite its name, Ontario's Gray Treefrog flashes brilliant green hues and sticky-toed acrobatics during spring breeding season
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Crowds filled the new event tents listening to music and enjoying food from the Cookshack.
Volunteer Opportunities

Canada Day: Summer Artist and Vendors Market

Join us for the Dyment Community Craft Sale this Canada Day, July 1st. Free vendor tables for local artisans, makers, and food growers.
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Get a sneak peek into our berry expansion project, featuring saskatoons, blackberries, and blueberries.
Food Security and Innovation

Friday in the Kitchen: Baking Muffins

Join our community program as we dive into Friday baking.
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Melgund Township is home to two of Ontario’s smallest rural communities, Borups Corners and Dyment, each rooted in a long history of northern settlement and community life. Despite their size, both communities continue to stay active through local recreation, culture, and shared public spaces. Travellers passing through Northwestern Ontario are welcomed at the historic Dyment Community Hall, built in 1929, which remains a central gathering place and a familiar stop for those travelling across Canada on Highway 17.
Tourism

Visit Melgund Township in Northwestern Ontario

Visit Melgund Township in Northwestern Ontario, just off Highway 17 on Highway 603, offering a welcoming rural stop with rest facilities and seasonal cultural exhibits.
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Upcoming Events

Celebrate Canada Day by showcasing your talents at the upcoming Dyment Community Craft Sale on July 1st! Held at the Dyment, Ontario Community Centre & Grounds from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, this vibrant community market is officially calling for local vendors, artisans, and creators to join the festivities. Organizers are currently seeking applications for a wide variety of booths, including handmade crafts, artisan goods, local produce, vintage & unique finds, and delicious eats. It is a fantastic opportunity for small businesses and hobbyists alike, offering both tables and tent spaces with no fee for tables. To learn more about booth information, request an application, or register for the event, interested vendors can contact Terri at 807-220-5177, email melgundlsb@gmail.com, or visit the official website at www.melundrecreation.ca. Make sure to submit your application before the deadline on June 25th. Don't miss out on this incredible celebration of creativity and community in Melgund Township!
Celebrate Canada Day in Melgund Township with live music, local food, artists, vendors and family fun at the Dyment Recreation Hall and Complex on July 1. Enjoy performances by Gerry and Tanya McArthur, Walter and Friends, and more.
Join Art Borups Corners on July 18, 2026 at the Dyment Recreation Hall for an evening of food, music, creativity, and community connection. Enjoy a community BBQ, connect with neighbours, and help imagine the future of local parks and greenspaces through drawing, mapping, storytelling, and conversation. Part of the national Everyone Outdoors Together initiative led by the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA).
Discover a growing collection of inspirational and motivational short stories from Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario, created to inspire hope, resilience, courage, and personal growth. These uplifting short stories and daily motivational reads are rooted in strong community values, dignity, integrity, perseverance, and leadership—reflecting life across the Prairies and Northern Ontario.

Each inspirational story delivers powerful life lessons, positive mindset reminders, and encouragement for self-improvement, mental strength, and purposeful living. Whether you’re searching for motivational stories for tough times, short stories about resilience and overcoming challenges, or inspirational reflections grounded in rural, northern, and Indigenous-informed community perspectives, this collection is designed to fuel optimism, confidence, and long-term success.

Through storytelling that highlights community leadership, youth empowerment, kindness, and values-based living, these inspirational short stories help readers in Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario, and beyond stay grounded, build inner strength, and move forward with clarity, hope, and possibility.

ART BORUPS CORNERS SOCIETY

Art Borups Corners is a non-profit arts incubator based in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario. We bring artists, youth, and local residents together through hands-on creative projects, workshops, and storytelling rooted in everyday life in the North. Our focus is on making space for people to try things, share skills, and build confidence through art that grows out of where they live.


We’re also a place for testing ideas and working across different ways of making — from land-based practice to digital work and everything in between. Much of what we do happens through partnerships and shared projects, connecting local creative work with wider conversations while keeping things grounded, practical, and community-led.


BN: 790519573RC0001

ESTABLISHED WITH FUNDING FROM

Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Logo

This program was seeded with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse program. This program allowed us to explore strategic arts innovation, capacity building and new technologies. Programming was also supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program and the Province of Ontario. We thank them for their support.

PROGRAMMING SUPPORTED BY

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
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