Northern Ontario Council

Northern Ontario Council was formed in 2002 with the amalgamation of the Northwestern and Great Northern Ontario Regions. The Northern Ontario Council looks after the area between the Quebec Border and the Manitoba Border, and from the French River north to the South shore of Hudson Bay.



The former Northwestern Ontario Council of Scouts Canada is the North-West corner of Ontario.
Starting at White River, and extending 430 Miles West to the Manitoba Border, and from the Canada - United States of America Border in the South, 550 Miles North to the shores of Hudson's Bay, the Thunder Bay Area covers a little over 53% of the Area of the Province of Ontario, or 1/8^th of Canada.

The Council straddles the Eastern and Central Time Zones.


The Northwest portion is sub-divided into 5 Areas:

Lake Superior Area, along the North Shore of Lake Superior including Hornepayne;

The Nipigon Bay Area, from the town of Nipigon to Longlac along Highway 11

The Thunder Bay Area From Nipigon in the east to the Quitico Provincial Park Boundry on Highway 11 and the town of Upsala on Highway 17 in the west, and north from the US Border to Garden Lake, including the City of Thunder Bay and it's rural suburbs.

The Sunset Area, is from White Otter Lake north to McKenzie Island, and from English River west to Vermillion Bay on Highway 17;

The Ken-Kee Area covers from Sioux Narrows north to Grassy Narrows and from Willard Lake west to the Manitoba Border. Ken-Kee includes Kenora and Keewatin on the shores of Lake-of-the-Woods, from which it gets its name;

The Rainy River Area in the Southwest, is from Kawene west along Highway 11 to Rainy River, and from the US Border north to to Nestor Falls on Highway 71.

The Council hosts Scouting activities in all sections, Camps, Kub Kar Rallys (called Pinewood Derby in the USA), 18 Wheeler Rallys, (the Scout equivalent to Kub Kars) where the older youth, and leaders, build and race Transport Trucks.

Council Cub and Scout Camps are held in the Fall, Winter and Spring, and are open to all Cubs, Scouts, Venturers and Rovers. Anyone wishing to attend from outside Northern Ontario Council will be welcomed.

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