
Adventures in Rainbow Country
1970–1971 · CBC · 30 min · 1 season
S01E26 · Dreamer's Rock
Mon, 29 Mar, 2:00 am
A mining company wants the rights to "Dreamer's Rock" but the local Indian band won't go for it. The businessman's plan to destroy the sacred Indian rock revives Pete's distrust of the white man's ways.
About
Adventures in Rainbow Country centers on the life and escapades of Billy Williams, a 14-year-old boy growing up on the rugged and beautiful north shore of Georgian Bay, Manitoulin Island and the fabulous mining and bush country of the north.
Episodes
- E01
La Chute
Mon, 21 Sept· 30 minFather Corbin is the leader of a modern voyageur organization determined to prove that an early explorer could have navigated the dangerous rapids of La Chute.
- E02
The Tower
Mon, 28 Sept· 30 minWhile Pete and Billy are fishing, Hannah climbs a forest ranger's observation tower, but panics at the top and can't get down.
- E03
The Frank Williams' File
Mon, 5 Oct· 30 minA man is obsessed with the story of Billy's father and comes to the lodge to relive the accounts he has read.
- E04
Skydiver
Mon, 12 Oct· 30 minWhen skydiving champion Jack Sheldon becomes nervous during the filming of a movie Billy, who has made 80 jumps, offers to take his place.
- E05
The Kid from Spanish Harlem
Mon, 19 Oct· 30 minA social worker from New York City arrives at the Williams' lodge with a group of boys from the city slums. The toughest of the boys, Rico, causes trouble for Billy and Pete when they go to explore an abandoned mine.
- E06
Panic in the Bush
Mon, 26 Oct· 30 minBilly deals with a strange malady, bush panic, which fills him with fear and confusion.
- E07
Long, Tough Race
Mon, 2 Nov· 30 minThe big 10-mile race at Whitefish Falls is about to begin and the town is betting on its own John Onaman, a runner of great endurance. But John is worried about his sick sister.
- E08
Town That Died
Mon, 9 Nov· 30 minRoger Lemieux arrives in Bourke's Creek to do a story about the town whose industry died when its mine was closed. But he encounters hostility from the townspeople.
- E09
Eye of the Needle
Mon, 16 Nov· 30 minAfter a near accident with his Great Lakes tug, it looks as if Dougal MacGregor may be losing his eyesight. But the stubborn old codger won't admit he's having recurrent blurred vision.
- E10
Girl on a Tightrope
Mon, 23 Nov· 30 minA clown performing with a travelling circus passing through Espanola sees a picture of Hannah and believes she is his dead daughter come to life.
- E11
The Return of Eli Roqcue
Mon, 30 Nov· 30 minTwo years ago Eli Rocque accompanied Billy's father on a plane into the bush from which neither returned. Now he is back and the whole community is alive with speculation. But Eli seems to be under a spell. Can he tell what he knows about the past? Is Billy's father still alive?
- E12
Roar of the Hornet
Mon, 7 Dec· 30 minGarage owner Wilbur Massey, a man with a passion for fast sports cars, takes on a helper, Vince, a motorcyclist.
- E13
Lac du Diable
Mon, 14 Dec· 30 minRoger Lemieux is assigned to do a photo story about mysterious Lac Du Diable, a remote body of water with a reputation for evil.
- E14
The Muskies Have Lost Their Teeth
Mon, 21 Dec· 30 minA man with an illustrious past in swimming takes his son musky fishing and learns about fatherhood.
- E15
Milk Run
Mon, 28 Dec· 30 minAn escaped convict forces Dennis and Billy to divert their scheduled course to Sudbury and fly him to the U.S. border. However, a violent storm forces Dennis to make an emergency landing and he is injured during the crash. The young convict is forced to make an agonizing choice: Can he let a man die to save his own skin?
- E16
Wall of Silence
Mon, 4 Jan· 30 minThe army try to find a lost box, accidentally dropped into a lake. Billy and Pete find a shroud of secrecy must be maintained because the box contains valuable information which is vital to the safety of the free world.
- E17
Where the Rice Grows Wild
Mon, 11 Jan· 30 minThere is a frantic air-ground search for two Indians who have stolen some food and gone into the bush because it is discovered that the canned salmon they took with them is tainted with fatal poison.
- E18
The Bird Watchers
Mon, 18 Jan· 30 minA pretty young French girl comes to stay with the Williams and some young punks in town try to pick her up at the local bar where Billy's band is playing.
- E19
The Boy Who Loved Animals
Mon, 25 Jan· 30 minAs Dennis and Billy guide an expert hunter on a trip into the bush, the man's son keeps trying to sabotage the hunter's efforts.
- E20
Mystery at Whaleback Bay
Mon, 1 Feb· 30 minDougal's tug is hired by two men posing as divers searching for a Great Lakes wreck but who are really after stolen jewelry cached on the lake bottom by the thieves after a Montreal robbery.
- E21
Night Caller
Mon, 8 Feb· 30 minBilly and Pete bypass the police and conduct their own investigation into a case of vandalism of the Williams' lodge, which leads to a dangerous midnight confrontation.
- E22
Lake on Blue Mountain
Mon, 15 Feb· 30 minThose two intrepid fishermen, Billy and Pete, hike into the mountains to visit their secret fishing place - a jewel-like lake filled with fine pike. To their amazement, they find that the fish are dying and it appears that bush pilot Dennis Mogubgub has something to do with it. Horrified, the boys try to trap and remove the fish to another lake before it's too late to save them. That's when they learn a lesson in conservation.
- E23
Stolen Tugboat
Mon, 8 Mar· 30 minDougal MacGregor's aging tugboat goes on the blink. As he and Billy leave the boat to buy some new parts, a sailor from an Iron Curtain ship deserts and steals the ailing tug.
- E24
The Hermit
Mon, 15 Mar· 30 minPete, Billy and Roger run into trouble with a hermit who mistakes them for hostile intruders.
- E25
Pursuit Along the Aux Sauble
Mon, 22 Mar· 30 minBilly and Pete are on a guiding expedition when they discover strange signs along the trail. Following these clues, they discover an embittered man has kidnapped a wealthy boy and is holding him for ransom in the bush.
- E26
Dreamer's Rock
Mon, 29 Mar· 30 minA mining company wants the rights to "Dreamer's Rock" but the local Indian band won't go for it. The businessman's plan to destroy the sacred Indian rock revives Pete's distrust of the white man's ways.
Cast

Stephen Cottier
Billy Williams

Buckley Petawabano
Pete Gawa

Susan Conway
Hannah Williams

Albert Millaire
Roger Lemieux
Wally Koster
Dennis McGubgub
Alan Mills
Dougal MacGregor

Lois Maxwell
Nancy Williams
John Sadowski