Network: CBC Television Network
Broadcast Run: 1961 to 1963
Broadcast Medium: Television
Aired at various times from November 1961 to January 1963
CBC ran this program at various times, but usually on Monday nights on a monthly basis. The program featured documentary films that looked at contemporary Canadian history. Films included High Arctic Hunter by Doug Wilkinson, The Unknown Country Revisited by Bruce Hutchinson, The Measure of Man by Norma Caton and The Changing Island by J. Frank Willis.
Wilderness, a film by Norman Caton, looked at life in the remote lands of Yukon, British Columbia and Alberta. The director and two cameramen died in a plane crash during the filming of the documentary. [See Canada 98/Canada 99/Canada l00]
Executive Producer: Thom Benson
Written by John Corcelli – May, 2005