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Adventures in Rainbow Country - Episode Guide

Season 1

La Chute

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 20, 1970

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Father Corbin is the leader of a modern voyageur organization determined to prove that an early explorer could have navigated the dangerous rapids of La Chute.

The Tower

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1970

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While Pete and Billy are fishing, Hannah climbs a forest ranger's observation tower, but panics at the top and can't get down.

The Frank Williams' File

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1970

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A man is obsessed with the story of Billy's father and comes to the lodge to relive the accounts he has read.

Skydiver

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1970

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When skydiving champion Jack Sheldon becomes nervous during the filming of a movie Billy, who has made 80 jumps, offers to take his place.

The Kid from Spanish Harlem

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1970

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A social worker from New York City arrives at the Williams' lodge with a group of boys from the city slums. The toughest of the boys, Rico, causes trouble for Billy and Pete when they go to explore an abandoned mine.

Panic in the Bush

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1970

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Billy deals with a strange malady, bush panic, which fills him with fear and confusion.

Long, Tough Race

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1970

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The big 10-mile race at Whitefish Falls is about to begin and the town is betting on its own John Onaman, a runner of great endurance. But John is worried about his sick sister.

Town That Died

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1970

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Roger Lemieux arrives in Bourke's Creek to do a story about the town whose industry died when its mine was closed. But he encounters hostility from the townspeople.

Eye of the Needle

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1970

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After a near accident with his Great Lakes tug, it looks as if Dougal MacGregor may be losing his eyesight. But the stubborn old codger won't admit he's having recurrent blurred vision.

Girl on a Tightrope

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1970

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A clown performing with a travelling circus passing through Espanola sees a picture of Hannah and believes she is his dead daughter come to life.

The Return of Eli Roqcue

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1970

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Two years ago Eli Rocque accompanied Billy's father on a plane into the bush from which neither returned. Now he is back and the whole community is alive with speculation. But Eli seems to be under a spell. Can he tell what he knows about the past? Is Billy's father still alive?

Roar of the Hornet

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1970

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Garage owner Wilbur Massey, a man with a passion for fast sports cars, takes on a helper, Vince, a motorcyclist.

Lac du Diable

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Dec 13, 1970

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Roger Lemieux is assigned to do a photo story about mysterious Lac Du Diable, a remote body of water with a reputation for evil.

The Muskies Have Lost Their Teeth

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Dec 20, 1970

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A man with an illustrious past in swimming takes his son musky fishing and learns about fatherhood.

Milk Run

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Dec 27, 1970

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An escaped convict forces Dennis and Billy to divert their scheduled course to Sudbury and fly him to the U.S. border. However, a violent storm forces Dennis to make an emergency landing and he is injured during the crash. The young convict is forced to make an agonizing choice: Can he let a man die to save his own skin?

Wall of Silence

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1971

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The army try to find a lost box, accidentally dropped into a lake. Billy and Pete find a shroud of secrecy must be maintained because the box contains valuable information which is vital to the safety of the free world.

Where the Rice Grows Wild

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1971

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There is a frantic air-ground search for two Indians who have stolen some food and gone into the bush because it is discovered that the canned salmon they took with them is tainted with fatal poison.

The Bird Watchers

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1971

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A pretty young French girl comes to stay with the Williams and some young punks in town try to pick her up at the local bar where Billy's band is playing.

The Boy Who Loved Animals

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1971

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As Dennis and Billy guide an expert hunter on a trip into the bush, the man's son keeps trying to sabotage the hunter's efforts.

Mystery at Whaleback Bay

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1971

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Dougal's tug is hired by two men posing as divers searching for a Great Lakes wreck but who are really after stolen jewelry cached on the lake bottom by the thieves after a Montreal robbery.

Night Caller

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1971

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Billy and Pete bypass the police and conduct their own investigation into a case of vandalism of the Williams' lodge, which leads to a dangerous midnight confrontation.

Lake on Blue Mountain

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1971

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Those two intrepid fishermen, Billy and Pete, hike into the mountains to visit their secret fishing place - a jewel-like lake filled with fine pike. To their amazement, they find that the fish are dying and it appears that bush pilot Dennis Mogubgub has something to do with it. Horrified, the boys try to trap and remove the fish to another lake before it's too late to save them. That's when they learn a lesson in conservation.

Stolen Tugboat

Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1971

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Dougal MacGregor's aging tugboat goes on the blink. As he and Billy leave the boat to buy some new parts, a sailor from an Iron Curtain ship deserts and steals the ailing tug.

The Hermit

Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: Mar 14, 1971

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Pete, Billy and Roger run into trouble with a hermit who mistakes them for hostile intruders.

Pursuit Along the Aux Sauble

Episode: 1x25 | Airdate: Mar 21, 1971

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Billy and Pete are on a guiding expedition when they discover strange signs along the trail. Following these clues, they discover an embittered man has kidnapped a wealthy boy and is holding him for ransom in the bush.

Dreamer's Rock

Episode: 1x26 | Airdate: Mar 28, 1971

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A mining company wants the rights to "Dreamer's Rock" but the local Indian band won't go for it. The businessman's plan to destroy the sacred Indian rock revives Pete's distrust of the white man's ways.

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