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Adventures in Rainbow Country was a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 television series, which aired on CBC Television
CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian English language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. This channel can be also seen on some United States cable systems....
 in 1970 and 1971.

A half hour family drama, the show starred Lois Maxwell
Lois Maxwell

Lois Maxwell was a Canadian actress.Maxwell began her film career in the late 1940s, and won a Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress for her performance in That Hagen Girl ....
 (of James Bond fame) as Nancy Williams, a widow raising her children Billy (Stephen Cottier) and Hannah (Susan Conway
Susan Conway

Susan Conway Mitchell is a Canada Actor....
) in rural Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario

Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron , the French River and Lake Nipissing.Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km? and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it contains less than 7% of the population....
. Other characters included Billy's Ojibwa
Ojibwa

The Ojibwa or Chippewa is the largest group of Native Americans in the United States-First Nations north of Mexico, including M?tis people ....
 friend Pete Gawa (Buckley Petawabano
Buckley Petawabano

Buckley Petawabano is a Canada actor and communications consultant.A Cree from northern Quebec, Petawabano was educated in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario....
) and bush pilot Dennis McGubgub (Wally Koster).

The show was filmed around Whitefish Falls
Whitefish Falls, Ontario

Whitefish Falls is a community in the Canada province of Ontario. It is located in the township of Mongowin, in the Sudbury District, Ontario. Whitefish Falls lies on Highway 6 , and is approximately 20 kilometres south of Espanola, Ontario and 25 kilometres north of Little Current, Ontario....
, which is near Espanola
Espanola, Ontario

Espanola is a town in Northern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the Spanish River , and is the seat of Sudbury District, Ontario, approximately 70 kilometres west of downtown Greater Sudbury, and just south of the junction of Highway 6 and Highway 17 ....
.






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Adventures in Rainbow Country was a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 television series, which aired on CBC Television
CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian English language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. This channel can be also seen on some United States cable systems....
 in 1970 and 1971.

A half hour family drama, the show starred Lois Maxwell
Lois Maxwell

Lois Maxwell was a Canadian actress.Maxwell began her film career in the late 1940s, and won a Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress for her performance in That Hagen Girl ....
 (of James Bond fame) as Nancy Williams, a widow raising her children Billy (Stephen Cottier) and Hannah (Susan Conway
Susan Conway

Susan Conway Mitchell is a Canada Actor....
) in rural Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario

Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron , the French River and Lake Nipissing.Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km? and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it contains less than 7% of the population....
. Other characters included Billy's Ojibwa
Ojibwa

The Ojibwa or Chippewa is the largest group of Native Americans in the United States-First Nations north of Mexico, including M?tis people ....
 friend Pete Gawa (Buckley Petawabano
Buckley Petawabano

Buckley Petawabano is a Canada actor and communications consultant.A Cree from northern Quebec, Petawabano was educated in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario....
) and bush pilot Dennis McGubgub (Wally Koster).

The show was filmed around Whitefish Falls
Whitefish Falls, Ontario

Whitefish Falls is a community in the Canada province of Ontario. It is located in the township of Mongowin, in the Sudbury District, Ontario. Whitefish Falls lies on Highway 6 , and is approximately 20 kilometres south of Espanola, Ontario and 25 kilometres north of Little Current, Ontario....
, which is near Espanola
Espanola, Ontario

Espanola is a town in Northern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the Spanish River , and is the seat of Sudbury District, Ontario, approximately 70 kilometres west of downtown Greater Sudbury, and just south of the junction of Highway 6 and Highway 17 ....
. Many scenes were also shot at Birch Island and on Manitoulin Island
Manitoulin Island

Manitoulin Island is a Canadian island in Lake Huron, in the province of Ontario. It is the largest island in a freshwater lake in the world....
 in 1969. There were 26 episodes of the series. It has continued to air in repeats, both in Canada and internationally — in Canada, the show has most recently aired on DejaView
DejaView

DejaView is a Canada English language Category 2 specialty channel digital cable specialty channel owned by CanWest MediaWorks Inc.; a division of Canwest....
. The show was very popular and technically never cancelled, but no further episodes were produced.

Popular actors who made appearances on the show included Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Edward Pinsent, Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada is a Canada television, theatre and film actor....
, Margot Kidder
Margot Kidder

Margot Kidder is a Canada-American actor, best known for playing Lois Lane in the Superman movies starring Christopher Reeve....
 and Eric Christmas
Eric Christmas

Eric Cuthbert Christmas was a United Kingdom-Canadian stage and screen actor, with over 40 films and several more television roles to his credit....
.

Legacy


The Sudbury
Sudbury District, Ontario

The Sudbury District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1894 from townships of eastern Algoma District, Ontario and west Nipissing District, Ontario....
 and Manitoulin
Manitoulin District, Ontario

Manitoulin District is a Census divisions of Ontario#District in Northeastern Ontario within the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario....
 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 August 11 to 14, 2006.

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