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Hands, fabric and a little patience! This week, youth are learning the craft of sewing while creating ribbon skirts with their own style and creativity.
Arts and Culture

Ribbon Skirt Workshops Bring Sewing, Tradition and Youth Creativity Together

Youth explore sewing, traditional skills and contemporary fashion while creating their own ribbon skirts.
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A young apple tree is thriving in the central garden bed this summer, surrounded by beautiful and colourful flowers.
Community Garden

Community Garden in Full Bloom

From apple trees to flower beds, Melgund Township's community garden is growing this year.
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This test tile, stamped with birch bark, will become a simple pendant made from wild clay harvested this summery with Art Borups Corners.
Arts and Culture

Making Wild Clay Pendants: From the Ground to Your Neck

Create gorgeous forest-inspired pendants using local wild clay and a simple piece of birch log.
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Canada Day was a rousing success in Melgund Township this summer drawing attendance from across Northwestern Ontario.
Melgund Township

Celebrating Canada Day Together

Celebrate Canada Day with friends, neighbours, artists, musicians, volunteers, and community spirit across Northwestern Ontario.
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Celebrate Canada Day at Dyment Recreation Hall with a huge silent auction, live music, Cookshack favourites, kids' lemonade stand and more.
Melgund Township

Silent Auction Fundraiser: Bid Big This Canada Day in Melgund Township

Spend Canada Day in Dyment with a massive silent auction, local music, delicious Cookshack meals, door prizes and activities for the whole family.
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Volunteers, community members, and local organizations came together at Dyment Park to raise the event tents that will support a full season of summer activities. Through teamwork, dedication, and community spirit, the project was completed successfully, followed by a barbecue and refreshments to celebrate a job well done.
Recreation

Building Community: Tent Raising Party at Dyment Recreation Park

Volunteers gathered at Dyment Park to raise tents, build community, and enjoy a barbecue.
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Enjoy the kids lemonade stand at Dyment Recreation Park during the Melgund Canada Day Festival on July 1 from 12–5 p.m. Fresh, fun, and delicious!
Recreation

The Wildest Lemonade Stand in Northwestern Ontario is coming to Dyment Park! 🍋

Visit Melgund Township’s Canada Day Festival and grab the best lemonade in Northwestern Ontario, made by kids at Dyment Park from 12–5 p.m.
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Come and see this vibrant mixed-media wolf painting by Northwestern Ontario artist Leanne Nicholson.
Exhibitions

Summer Art Show: Where Wilderness Meets The Canvas

Bold canvas strokes meet the raw beauty of the Boreal in mixed-media art show by Northwestern Ontario artist Leanne Nicholson.
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Community volunteers transformed the grounds of Dyment Recreation Hall in Melgund Township through a successful community garden and flower planting project, preparing the recreation complex for Canada Day Festival celebrations across Northwestern Ontario.
Photos and Stories

Community Volunteers Transform Dyment Recreation Hall Gardens

Community volunteers planted flowers, apple trees, and new gardens at Dyment Recreation Hall in Melgund Township.
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One of the healthy young apple tree seedlings grown in the Art Borups Corners land lab, now ready to take root at its new home in the Dyment Recreation Hall greenspace.
Photos and Stories

Planting the Future: Arts Program Donates Apple Trees

Donated apple trees from the Art Borups Corners land lab will soon beautify the Dyment Recreation park and greenspace.
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The Under $100 Art Show is coming to Winnipeg, Manitoba August 13-16, 2026!
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ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMS

Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture is a non-profit arts and recreation services provider supporting programs in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario. Business Number 741438436 RC0001.

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