The Forest Rangers

Episode 1

Foster Boy

26 mins

At Chub's birthday party, he recalls his first encounter with the Rangers. As orphan from the big city and the new kid in Indian River, the junior rangers try to make him feel at home by throwing him a surprise birthday party. Before long he runs away from home and gets lost in the muskeg and the Forest Rangers need to find him quickly before the wild animals do.

Episode 2

The Prospector

26 mins

When McLeod Valley is threatened by fire the kids go to warm the old prospector living in the valley.

Episode 3

Spike the Dog

26 mins

Spike, the Forest Rangers dog, is wrongly accused of biting a local man. The man insists Spike should be put down, and so it is up to the kids to save him.

Episode 4

Beaver Poachers

26 mins

The junior rangers set out to trap two beaver hunters.

Episode 5

The Horse Doctor

27 mins

One of the kids horses gets seriously injured and Shing Wauk is called upon to make some good medicine to heal the horse's leg before Ranger Brody comes to shoot the horse and put it out of it's misery.

Episode 6

The Bear Trap

26 mins

Joe Two Rivers, Mike and Chub catch a couple of Russian spies in a bear trap after the spies go into the bush against Ranger Keeley's advice because the fire index warning is high. Indian River is apparently along the old DEW line.

Episode 7

Bird Watchers

26 mins

A professor leaves property to Zeke for a bird sanctuary.

Episode 8

Indian Joe's Story

26 mins

Indian Joe is falsely accused of stealing $500 from a friend, the son of a wealthy landowner. It turns out his friend is being blackmailed in a phony auto accident scam.

Episode 9

The Chase

26 mins

The Forest Rangers foil a bank robbery at Indian River.

Episode 10

High Graders

26 mins

The kids thwart high-grade gold thieves by tying heavy logs to their float plane so they can't escape with the loot.

Episode 11

Massassauga Rattler

26 mins

A snake bites a young boy and Joe stays to help him survive.

Episode 12

The Dog

26 mins

Episode 13

Dog Catcher

26 mins

Keep: A dog catcher comes for all the dogs in Indian River.

Episode 14

Brannigan's Daughter

26 mins

Local school girl, Susannah, wins a scholarship to study in the city, but her father won't let her go because he needs her to stay and help around the farm. Her father almost dies after he blows up a beaver dam with dynamite. Later on the kids help around the farm and Susannah can take off to the city to continue her studies.

Episode 15

Timmy

26 mins

A young boy is caught in the plans of a wrong doer and lives.

Episode 16

The Liar

26 mins

McLeod claims that he killed a Mastodon years ago in the bush, and the kids go out looking for the bones. They find the tusks and return them when George explains that they are elephant tusks and that about 50 to 60 years ago a circus had an elephant that escaped.

Episode 17

Rescue

26 mins

A German man rescues Chief Ranger George Keeley after he's forced to bail out of his stricken plane.

Episode 18

Uncle Raoul and the Bear

26 mins

Raoul befriends a bear which turns out to be a wild.

Episode 19

Bear Story

26 mins

Joe Two Rivers tames three bears by talking to them in his Ojibway language.

Episode 20

The Horse

26 mins

Peter Keeley finds a strange horse that he rides and wins a race with.

Episode 21

The Proof

26 mins

Pete Keeley makes a movie that proves a point.

Episode 22

Secret Drawer

26 mins

A concealed drawer in an old writing desk reveals a secret and Joe Two Rivers recounts a story of buried treasure.

Episode 23

The Souvenir

26 mins

A stranger tries to fake his own death for insurance money endangering Joe Two Rivers in the process.

Episode 24

Rolling Stones

26 mins

Two vagabonds pretend to be rich and end up with a stolen convertible they don't know how to drive.

Episode 25

The Balloon

26 mins

A man and his wife steal a weather balloon the government sends out into the forest but they get caught after a tracking device is employed to find the balloon.

Episode 26

The Poacher

26 mins

A fisherman decides to increase his catch by throwing dynamite in the river to kill the fish.

Episode 27

The Loner

26 mins

A rich man is saved and thinks the kids and Joe want a reward.

Episode 28

The Pitfall

26 mins

A mine shaft is re-opened illegally.

Episode 29

Keeley's Cousin

26 mins

George Keeley's cousin helps Gaby when her foot gets stuck in an old barn with nitroglycerin leaking nearby.

Episode 30

Kidnapped

26 mins

Gaby is kidnapped by a husband and wife who want payment for lost farm revenue.

Episode 31

Chub's Story

26 mins

Social Services threatens to take Chub back to an orphanage in Toronto after his foster mother dies. While hiding out in the forest he saves a man from dying in a forest fire, which is good enough reason for letting him stay in Indian River with his surviving foster parent.

Episode 32

Tex Bailey the Hero

26 mins

Renowned western action hero Tex Bailey comes to Indian River with his son to shoot a black bear. The only problem is that he really isn't an expert woodsman. Joe ends up talking to the bear in his native Ojibway Indian tongue after Tex misfires his rifle and panics. The kids make his son Danny an honorary Junior Ranger.

Episode 33

The Wolverine

26 mins

A ferocious wolverine makes it's way into Indian River killing all the livestock in its' way. Joe calls it by it's Ojibway name - "carcajou" - which was a name meant to strike fear into all those that know of this evil little killer.

Episode 34

Survival

26 mins

During a freak winter storm three boys and their teacher are lost and begin to suffer from extreme cold.

Episode 35

The Colonel

26 mins

Episode 36

The Deputy

26 mins

By-the-book Brody is called in for back-up duty and causes problems when he gets a message over the radio wrong.

Episode 37

The Dentist's Dilemma

26 mins

The Esmee Mining Corporation's dentist steals a gold shipment from them.

Episode 38

A Christmas Story

26 mins

Macleod, desperate for a pocket watch steals someone's timepiece. When Amik is accused of the crime, Macleod fesses up

Episode 39

Odd Numbers

26 mins

A fur trader deceives the Junior Rangers with some pelts.

Episode 40

The Game Reserve

26 mins

Tyrant Jack Brass lives in a shack out in the bush where he poaches furs illegally. Joe and the kids track him on a dog sled. When Jack and his friend catch Joe, they plan to beat him up and put him through a hole in the ice of the river where he will won't be found until springtime. A fight ensues with the hole in the background, but Chub comes and saves Joe's hide just in time.