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Thanks for your continued interest in our Regional and Seasonal Contests. We have put these together as a way to share all the great things about our area. These are meant to be more than just a contest, but also as a guide to local businesses, to historic sites, Farmers Markets and hometown events. And, of course having some great prizes from our local business partners along the way is an added bonus! We hope you have as much fun participating as we do developing them. Over the last two years we have increased our commitment to these contests to provide more interactivity, larger prizes, and wider participation from business partners and participants alike. Through our partnership with Phlume MEDIA we have been able to develop a highly integrated point system that brings a whole new level of interactivity. Starting with our North Country Treasure Hunt during the summer of 2021 we implemented a custom login portal for participants to track their progress, earn points and enjoy bonus features. We encourage all participants to use this portal, as it brings a much more robust experience during the contest. Points acquired have be worked into a redemption program for free stuff through NCL.


Welcome to North Country Local!

Although it isn’t required, the website, and our interactive contest experience is better when you are logged in. If you like, please take a moment and sign up for free below. Or login if you already have an account.

Past Contests

We’ve held a variety of contests over the last few years, and with every one of them the results, participation, and even the prizes seem to get better and better along the way! Below are a few links to the campaigns we have run in the past.

While these contests are no longer active for prizes, we have left them here for you to cruise through to see all the fun we had with our business partners and our participants. Check out all the great places and smiling faces. Follow the clues, use the lists as a guide on your North Country visits and be sure to sign up and join as a participant for our next one!

Holiday Hunt 2022:

It’s time for the 3rd Annual NCL Holiday Hunt.  We have partnered with over 50 locally owned businesses to bring this unique selfie scavenger hunt to towns all over the North Country.  Don’t miss your chance to win an amazing Prize Basket full of locally themed items, vouchers, samples, gifts and goodies.

New this year… the local business with the MOST ENTRIES from their location will win a $400 marketing package for their location!

Holiday Hunt 2022:

It’s that time of year again! As the season closes in on us, we are making plans for the huge end of the year giveaway. We work with local businesses to fill 10 gift baskets with TONS of locally themed items, vouchers, samples, gifts and goodies.

New this year… the local business with the MOST ENTRIES from their location will win a $400 marketing package for their location!

Recipe Roundup 2022

Earn points and cash them in for Summer Recipes, NCL T-Shirts and more! Support YOUR favorite local Farmstands and Markets, and have fun all summer long. Sign up for special members-only content. Recipe Roundup

Love Story 2022

We want to know … “How did you hear the word’s ‘Marry Me!‘” Was it a special event? Was it a touching moment? Did you/your spouse make a fool of themselves? Did you say no at first? Tell us all the fun and adorable details and let us in on your love story moment. AND if you submit to us your story and an accompanying photo of you and your spouse/fiance, you will be entered to win a beautiful date night for two!

Holiday Hunt 2021

It’s easy to get involved in the hunt. We have a full list of participating businesses available here. Each one of these local businesses will have a participation decal on their front door or window. Inside of the business they have hidden one of our official Holiday Hunt Tree Posters. All you have to do is find the poster, snap a selfie with it, and upload it to our submission page. To make it easier for you, each of the posters has a QR code on it that will bring you directly to the submission page. Simply select the location you are at and upload the photo. That’s it!

Treasure Hunt 2021

The North Country has so much to offer, if you know where to look. We thought it would be great to share our knowledge of the area and send you on a treasure hunt to learn about and locate them! The twist is, unlike previous contests and “hunts” that we have done, we will NOT provide a simple list of locations to tell you where to go. Instead, we have come up with over 60 unique multi-media clues like riddles, pictures and videos that will help you solve the puzzle and find each location.

Holiday Hunt 2020

The 2020 North Country Local ‘Holiday Hunt’ is now officially over. We had over 200 entries at nearly all of our participating businesses! Not to mention the 52 business that took part as co-hosts for the event and the nearly $3,800 in donations they gave us to stuff our ten baskets with. With such an overwhelming participation from everyone, it is hard not to call this year’s inaugural event a success!