The Forest Rangers

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Program promotional slide for the CBC television show "The Forest Rangers", on display at the CBC Museum, Toronto.

The Forest Rangers was a Canadian television series that ran from 1963 to 1966. It was a co-production between the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and ITC Entertainment.

The series ran for 3 seasons, a total of 104 30-minute color episodes (although Canadian and UK audiences wouldn't get to see them in color until long after the series ended). Early episodes of the series aired in serialized form as part of a CBC children's series entitled Razzle Dazzle, hosted by Alan Hamel.

This was the first major series appearance of Gordon Pinsent who would rise to stardom in Canada in the late 1960s and continue to be an in-demand Canadian character actor into the 2000s. He left the series in 1965 to star in Quentin Durgens, M.P..

In June 2004, Clayton Self organized a reunion for ex-cast and fans just south of Kleinburg where the show was originally filmed. Six of the ex-junior rangers appeared and Peter Tully flew in from his home in Ireland. Forest Rangers Reunion Page.

[edit] Main cast

• Graydon Gould as Chief Ranger George Keeley
• Rex Hagon as Peter Keeley
• Michael Zenon as Joe Two Rivers
• Gordon Pinsent as Sargeant Scott
• Rolland Bédard as Uncle Raoul
• Ralph Endersby as Junior Ranger Leader Chub Stanley
• Peter Tully as Junior Ranger Mike Forbes
• Susan Conway as Junior Ranger Kathy
• Syme Jago as Gaby La Roche

[edit] Episode list

This episode list is based on the CBC airdate. Some episodes were given different titles on film to that in the TV guides.

[edit] Season one

1. Foster Boy
2. The Prospector
3. Spike
4. Beaver
5. The Horse Doctor
6. The Bear Trap
7. The Bird Watchers
8. Indian Joe's Story
9. The Chase
10. High Graders
11. The Rattlesnake
12. The Dog
13. Dog Catcher
14. Brannigan's Daughter
15. Timmy
16. The Liar
17. The Rescue
18. Uncle Raoul and the Bear
19. The Bear Story
20. The Horse
21. The Proof
22. The Secret Drawer
23. The Souvenir
24. The Rolling Stones
25. The Balloon
26. The Poacher
27. The Loner
28. The Pitfall
29. Keeley's Cousin
30. Kidnapped
31. Chub's Story
32. The Hero
33. The Wolverine
34. Survival
35. The Colonel
36. The Deputy
37. Dentist's Dilemma
38. A Christmas Story
39. Odd Numbers
40. The Game Reserve

[edit] Season two

1. The Deal
2. Hidden Gold
3. The Strike
4. Ghost at Hoot Owl Lake
5. Let There be Rain
6. Aggie
7. The Wendigo
8. Kitten In The Garden
9. A Stranger To Himself
10. Wild Boy
11. Surprise Party
12. Lennie
13. Kathy and the Leprechaun
14. The Haunted Island
15. Lost
16. Bronco Smith
17. The Bush Pilot
18. Interchangeable Parts
19. Uncle Raoul's Moose
20. His Majesty
21. The Reluctant Prize Fighter
22. Little Big Shot
23. Wild Man of the Woods
24. The River
25. The Adventurer
26. The Bear Rug
27. The Shooting Match
28. The Haunted House
29. Ride With A Stranger
30. Buck Fever
31. Gold Nuggets

[edit] Season three

1. Santa MacLeod
2. The Choice
3. The Wolf
4. The Wolf Spirit
5. Hole in the Ice
6. The Gunshot
7. The Escape
8. Deadly Friend
9. Not in the Book
10. The Avenger
11. The Dream
12. The White Hunter
13. The Great Hypnotist
14. The Man from Nowhere
15. Deadline
16. Shipment X
17. Jimmy Twenty
18. Indian River A-Go-Go
19. Poison Lake
20. Willie and Starlight
21. Unjust World
22. The Mystery Dog
23. The Bulldozer
24. The Albino Beaver
25. Uncle Raoul and the Three Bears
26. Macleod and the Talking Bear
27. Death Dance
28. The Invaders
29. The World's Strongest Man
30. Joe's Revenge
31. Raoul and the Thunderbolt
32. The Lost Tribe
33. The Ojibway Beat

[edit] External links

• CTA information
• The Forest Rangers at the Internet Movie Database
• The Forest Rangers Fan Site