A word is every now and again wont to describe a extreme northern regions of the continental United States, bordering Canada (especially the vicinity from either Up to date York to the Great Lakes region).
There is a film called North Country (2005).
Within music:
Bob Dylan wrote a song known as "Girl from the North Country" (sung sustaining Johnny Cash) and the song known as "North Country Blues." A latter song was probably just about a decline of mining villages around his native Minnesota.
Other Uses
North Country Community College, a community college in the New York Northerly United states.
North Country Trail, a non-motorized foot trail