About this season
The Forest Rangers was a Canadian television series that ran from 1963 to 1965. It was a co-production between CBC Television and ITC Entertainment and was Canada's first television show produced in colour. Executive producer Maxine Samuels founded the show. The series ran for three seasons, a total of 104 30-minute colour episodes. Early episodes of the series were broadcast in serialized form as part of a CBC children's series entitled Razzle Dazzle, hosted by Alan Hamel and Michelle Finney. This was the first appearance in a major series by Gordon Pinsent. He left the series in 1965 to star in Quentin Durgens, M.P. In June 2004, there was 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. Another reunion occurred June 15, 2013 at the actual studios where the show was filmed. This time nine junior rangers and Gordon Pinsent were in attendance. The show's first season was released on DVD by Imavision in early 2007.
Episodes (33)
1. Santa McLeod
Aired 19 March 1965 • 30 min
2. The Choice
Aired 26 March 1965 • 30 min
3. The Wolf
Aired 2 April 1965 • 30 min
4. The Wolf Spirit
Aired 9 April 1965 • 30 min
5. Hole in the Ice (aka Dead Man Through The Ice)
Aired 16 April 1965 • 30 min
6. Finnigan's Dog (aka Confidence Tricksters)
Aired 23 April 1965 • 30 min
7. The Escape (aka The Trading Post)
Aired 30 April 1965 • 30 min
8. Deadly Friend (aka Satan the Wolf)
Aired 7 May 1965 • 30 min
9. Not in the Book (aka Winter Poachers)
Aired 14 May 1965 • 30 min
10. The Dream (aka Old Logging Road)
Aired 21 May 1965 • 30 min
11. The Avenger (aka Sarge, the Police Dog)
Aired 28 May 1965 • 30 min
12. The White Hunter
Aired 4 June 1965 • 30 min
13. The Great Hypnotist
Aired 11 June 1965 • 30 min
McLeod hypnotizes Shing Wauk but the innocent act quickly backfires as Shing Wauk believes he is a great Indian warrior from the past.
14. The Man from Nowhere
Aired 18 June 1965 • 30 min
15. Deadline (aka The Rabid Dog)
Aired 25 June 1965 • 30 min
16. Shipment X
Aired 2 July 1965 • 30 min
17. Jimmy Twenty
Aired 9 July 1965 • 30 min
18. Indian River A-Go-Go
Aired 16 July 1965 • 30 min
A famous rock star visits Indian River and the Junior Rangers are very impressed.
19. Poison Lake
Aired 23 July 1965 • 30 min
20. Willie and Starlight
Aired 30 July 1965 • 30 min
21. Unjust World
Aired 6 August 1965 • 30 min
22. The Mystery Dog (aka Newfie Dog)
Aired 13 August 1965 • 30 min
23. The Bull Dozer
Aired 20 August 1965 • 30 min
24. The Albino Beaver
Aired 27 August 1965 • 30 min
25. Uncle Raoul & the 3 Bears (aka Circus Bears)
Aired 3 September 1965 • 30 min
26. Macleod & The Talking Bear
Aired 10 September 1965 • 30 min
MacLeod is fooled into thinking a bear could talk by a fisherman using ventriloquism.
27. Death Dance (aka John Conaqueese)
Aired 17 September 1965 • 30 min
28. The Invaders (aka Three Punks)
Aired 24 September 1965 • 30 min
29. The Wrold's Strongest Man
Aired 1 October 1965 • 30 min
A man known for his amazing strength helps the Junior Rangers at their yard sale.
30. Joe's Revenge
Aired 8 October 1965 • 30 min
31. Raoul and the Thunderbolt
Aired 15 October 1965 • 30 min
32. The Ojibway Beat (aka Ojibway Music Festival)
Aired 22 October 1965 • 30 min
33. The Lost Tribe
Aired 29 October 1965 • 30 min