Adventures in Rainbow Country


Adventures in Rainbow Country was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television in the 1970-71 TV season. Reruns were later shown on the American children's cable channel Nickelodeon during the early 1980s.
A half hour family drama, the show starred Lois Maxwell as Nancy Williams, a widow raising her children Billy and Hannah in rural Northern Ontario. Other characters included Billy's Ojibwa friend Pete Gawa, photographer/journalist Roger Lemieux, tugboat skipper Dougal MacGregor, and bush pilot Dennis McGubgub.

Setting

The show was filmed in 1969 around Whitefish Falls, which is near Espanola, Ontario, Canada. Many scenes were also shot at Birch Island and on Manitoulin Island.

Production and broadcasts

The show was very popular in Canada and technically never cancelled or axed. No further episodes were produced after the first season.
There were 26 episodes produced in total.
It has continued to air in repeats, both in Canada and internationally — in Canada, the show had been seen on DejaView and Silver Screen Classics. In Australia, the series is screened on GEM.

Guest appearances

Actors who made appearances on the show included Donald Harron, Ken James, Chris Wiggins, Austin Willis, Peter Donat, Gordon Pinsent, Margot Kidder, Len Birman, Percy Rodrigues, Duke Redbird, Jean-Louis Roux, Murray Westgate, Anthony Kramreither and Eric Christmas.

Episodes

  1. La Chute
  2. The Tower
  3. The Frank Williams' File
  4. Skydiver
  5. The Kid from Spanish Harlem
  6. Panic in the Bush
  7. Long Tough Race
  8. The Town That Died
  9. The Eye of the Needle
  10. Girl on a Tightrope
  11. The Return of Eli Roqcue
  12. Roar of the Hornet
  13. Lac du Diable
  14. The Muskies Are Losing Their Teeth
  15. Milk Run
  16. A Wall of Silence
  17. Where the Rice Grows Wild
  18. Bird Watchers
  19. The Boy Who Loved Animals
  20. Mystery at Whaleback Bay
  21. Night Caller
  22. Lake on Blue Mountain
  23. Stolen Tugboat
  24. The Hermit
  25. Pursuit Along the Aux Sauble
  26. Dreamer's Rock

    Legacy

The Sudbury and Manitoulin Districts are to this day known as the Rainbow Country tourist region, as a result of this series.
A cast, crew and fan reunion event took place in Whitefish Falls from 11 to 14 August 2006.