North Country
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North America- The extreme northern regions of the continental United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, bordering Canada (especially the area from New York to the Great Lakes region)- North Country TrailNorth Country TrailThe North Country National Scenic Trail , which stretches approximately from Crown Point in eastern New York to Lake Sakakawea in central North Dakota in the United States, is the longest of the eleven National Scenic Trails authorized by Congress...
, a long-distance foot trail
- North Country Trail
- The North Country of New Hampshire, roughly corresponding to the Great North Woods Region (New Hampshire)Great North Woods Region (New Hampshire)The Great North Woods Region is located at the northern tip of New Hampshire, U.S.A., north of the White Mountains Region. The Great North Woods is a tourism region of New Hampshire and is located in Coos County...
- North Country, New YorkNorth Country, New YorkThe North Country is a region of the U.S. state of New York that encompasses the state's extreme northern frontier, bordering Lake Ontario on the west, the Saint Lawrence River and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec on the north and northwest, and Lake Champlain and Vermont on the east...
, a region of Upstate New York- North Country Community CollegeNorth Country Community CollegeNorth Country Community College, founded in 1967, is a community college of the State University of New York located in Upstate New York. The main campus is in Saranac Lake, New York, and serves Franklin and Essex Counties; enrollment is approximately 2300 students. It employs 143 permanent and 300...
in Saranac Lake, New York
- North Country Community College
United Kingdom
- Northern EnglandNorthern EnglandNorthern England, also known as the North of England, the North or the North Country, is a cultural region of England. It is not an official government region, but rather an informal amalgamation of counties. The southern extent of the region is roughly the River Trent, while the North is bordered...
- In CornwallCornwallCornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
it is often used to refer to the north of the county - North Country, a hamlet near RedruthRedruthRedruth is a town and civil parish traditionally in the Penwith Hundred in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a population of 12,352. Redruth lies approximately at the junction of the A393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to Land's End trunk road , and is approximately west of...
, Cornwall
Other uses
- North Country (album)North Country (album)North Country is the third studio album by Canadian folk music group The Rankin Family. It was released by EMI on August 24, 1993. The album peaked at number 1 on the RPM Country Albums chart. A revised version was released in the United States in 1994...
, a 1993 album by The Rankin Family - North Country (film)North Country (film)North Country is a 2005 American drama film directed by Niki Caro. The screenplay by Michael Seitzman was inspired by the 2002 book Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler, which chronicled the case of...
(2005) - "Girl from the North CountryGirl from the North Country"Girl from the North Country" is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was first released in 1963 as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan re-recorded the song as a duet with Johnny Cash in 1969. That recording became the first track on Nashville Skyline,...
", a song written by Bob Dylan (which has some similarities to the folk-song "Scarborough Fair") - Music from the North Country – The Jayhawks Anthology, a compilation album released by the American alt-country band The Jayhawks