To the Wild Country

To the Wild Country is a Canadian nature television miniseries which aired on CBC Television from 1972 to 1975.

To the Wild Country
Genre	nature
Presented by	Lorne Greene
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer	Ralph C. Ellis
Producers	John Foster Janet Foster Dan Gibson Gerald S. Kedey
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	KEG Productions
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	19 November 1972 (1972-11-19) – 2 February 1975 (1975-02-02)

Premise

Lorne Greene narrated and hosted this series of occasional specials which featured nature photographers John and Janet Foster in their exploration of the Canadian wilderness.^[1][2] Canada Trust was the primary series sponsor.^[3]

Reception

The series attracted average ratings of 2.5 million viewers, reaching 3.5 million on one occasion.^[3]

The series required substantial financial support due to the remote location filming. Canada Trust cancelled its sponsorship after the 1974–75 season.^[3]

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast intermittently as follows (times in Eastern):

Day	Time	Title	Notes
19 November 1972	9:00 p.m.	"Kluane"	Set in the Yukon, at the National Park.[2]
10 December 1972	8:00 p.m.	"Return of the Giants"	Features footage of the Canada Goose, recorded near Guelph, Ontario at Kortright Waterfowl Park
28 January 1973	7:00 p.m.	"The Other Newfoundland"	[4]
11 March 1973	8:00 p.m.	"A Wild Lens in Algonquin"	Filmed at Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario.
11 April 1973	8:00 p.m.	"Winter is a Way of Life"	Winter scenes filmed in northern Ontario and near Jasper, Alberta.[5]
18 November 1973	9:00 p.m.	"The Wild Pacific Shore"	Filmed at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.
9 December 1973	8:00 p.m.	"Winter is a Way of Life"	repeat[5]
27 January 1974	7:30 p.m.	"Land Of The Big Ice"	Set in Baffin Island National Park.[6]
24 February 1974	7:00 p.m.	"The Great Canadian Southwest"	Set in the Cypress Hills region of Alberta and Saskatchewan.[7]
31 March 1974	7:00 p.m.	"The Other Newfoundland"	repeat[8]
8 December 1974	7:00 p.m.	"The Great Gulf – The St. Lawrence"	Filmed in the region east of Quebec City along the north shore the St. Lawrence River, to its gulf[9]
6 January 1975	9:00 p.m.	"The Wild Pacific Shore"	repeat[10]
2 February 1975	7:00 p.m.	"The Wild Corners Of The Great Lakes"	Exploration of the land around Lake Superior.[11]
24 February 1975	9:00 p.m.	repeat, "Land Of The Big Ice"	[12]

Further reading

• Foster, John; Foster, Janet (1975). To the Wild Country. Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 0-442-29947-8.