{"id":624353,"date":"2026-04-23T23:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/624353\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T23:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:41:10","slug":"huron-county-company-supplies-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/624353\/","title":{"rendered":"Huron County company supplies ice"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tower of ice in downtown Toronto that captured the city\u2019s attention<\/a> this week originated from a small company in Huron County. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have done some really exciting projects that are more challenging from a carving side. Obviously, these weren\u2019t carved, but just watching it all happen was pretty, pretty cool,\u201d said Iceculture President Heidi Bayley. <\/p>\n

Iceculture, based in Hensall, has gained a worldwide reputation for its intricate ice carvings, putting together displays for everyone from Conan O\u2019Brien to Canadian Tire. <\/p>\n

\"\"Iceculture – Hensall – Nov 2014 Hensall, Ont.’s Iceculture, as seen in November 2014, is known for it\u2019s intricate ice carvings, with the company also producing the ice for Drake\u2019s downtown Toronto, Ont. ice mountain. (Scott Miller\/CTV News London) <\/p>\n

But when they got a call two weeks ago for more than 3,500 blocks of ice for a display for music icon Drake, they had to quickly fire up their freezers. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe amount of ice was certainly a challenge. We worked with some partners out of Quebec that helped us meet the number, because while we keep thousands of ice blocks in our freezer, we didn\u2019t have 3,500 sitting around two weeks ago. So, this was a very fast turnaround,\u201d explained Bayley. <\/p>\n

With more than 3,500 ice blocks secured, they shipped the ice to Toronto earlier this week, where they was assembled by MAWG Design and Drake\u2019s team, and if social media is correct, by Drake himself. <\/p>\n

\"\"Drake – ice sculpture – Toronto Drake\u2019s ice mountain display in downtown Toronto, Ont. on April 20, 2026, promoting his upcoming ‘Iceman’ album release. (CTV Toronto) <\/p>\n

A 16-ice block high promotion for his upcoming album release Iceman, with the release date hidden within the ice structure, which prompted some dangerous behaviour, and brought out the fire department to melt Iceculture\u2019s ice before its time. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was disappointing to see it go so soon, but I certainly can\u2019t pretend to understand what they were faced with,\u201d said Bayley. <\/p>\n

Still, it was 48 hours of promotional success for Drake and Iceculture, who have another famous client to add to their long list of international ice customers. <\/p>\n

\"\"Drake – ice sculpture – Toronto A social media post from Drake showing him at the scene of his \u201cice mountain\u201d display in downtown Toronto, Ont. on April 19, 2026. (Source: Drake\/X) <\/p>\n

\u201cThis one was definitely up there. Mostly because of Drake, obviously. The excitement around it, the resulting excitement around it was new. That was a new one just to watch,\u201d said Bayley. <\/p>\n

Bayley believes it was previous partnerships and Iceculture\u2019s reputation that led to getting Drake\u2019s \u201cice mountain\u201d contract. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a massive industry, so it\u2019s maybe not hard to find us in that sort of frame, but it was more about coming together with a group of partners that could pull it off as a whole,\u201d said Bayley.<\/p>\n

\"\"Iceculture – Hensall – Nov 2014 Hensall, Ont.’s Iceculture, as seen in November 2014, is known for it\u2019s intricate ice carvings, with the company also producing the ice for Drake\u2019s downtown Toronto, Ont. ice mountain. (Scott Miller\/CTV News London) Related Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A tower of ice in downtown Toronto that captured the city\u2019s attention this week originated from a small…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-624353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}