Adventures in Rainbow Country


Adventures in Rainbow Country is a Canadian television series that aired on CBC Television in the 1970–71 television 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.

Setting

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

Production and broadcasts

The show was very popular in Canada and technically never cancelled. No further episodes were produced after the first season.
There were 26 episodes produced in total.
The series was also broadcast in the 1970s in Australia on ABC.
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 the United Kingdom it aired on ITV. In Australia, the series is screened on GEM.

Cast

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, Ratch Wallace 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.