The Northern Ontario Country Music Association (NOCMA) is based in Northern Ontario in Sault Ste. Marie and encompasses the area from White River/Wawa in the west, east to the Quebec Border (Mattawa), Parry Sound to the south, and up to Moosonee / James Bay in the north.  The NOCMA operates “The Great Northern Opry”, “The Northern Ontario Country Music Hall of Fame”, “NOCMA Records Label”, and organizes “The Annual Northern Ontario Country Music Awards Weekend”.