Indian River

I have uploaded all of season one to You Tube.

One of my favorite episodes is the Wolverine in season one. During the entire episode the characters are struck with fear with the possibility of encountering this vicious animal. Joe Two Rivers describes its ability to jump to a tree top and escape by the tops of the trees.

Never understood why when a series, simple as this one was, was filmed on FILM, rather than video tape, and the copies are in such good shape that no one has the brains to put them out on DVD. GO to : TVSHOWSONDVD.COM search for The forest rangers and vote to have it put out on DVD. You have to register but they do not send out any mailings, unless you want to be advised when certain shows are released. I remember one of my favorites was when the bad guys cut the phone lines to the cabin, and Zeek (?) had the idea to take the phone off the wall carry it into the bush find the phone lines and make a call from there , clever. (he he he he)

Horray for Joe Two-Rivers

I saw it first run as a young kid. About 4-6 years old.

Re-watching it more recently, one sees things from a whold different perspective. Despite a rather simplistic set of stories, the message basically holds up.

Kind of a neat concept, the "Young Forest Rangers", a group similar to scouts, an auxillory troup of wardens, helping out Chief Ranger Keely (older brother of the lead Young ranger).

At the time, a lot of young Canadian actors were getting their start, many of whom have gone on to fame.

The memories of watching the TV series "The Forest Rangers" as a young child are etched vividly in my imagination. The show ran from 1964-1966 which meant I was 3-5 years old when it aired. I'm amazed how much I remember about this series. In fact, I thought I dreamt the characters up until recently when I saw it re-aired for cable syndication. Indeed, much of my early life was spent fantasizing the life of a forest ranger: reporting forest fires or crimes to the square jawed officer Sergeant Scott(Gordon Pinsent); learning native lessons from Joe Two Rivers(Michael Zenon); listening to tales told in the thick Quebecois accent of Uncle Raoul(Rolland Bedard, they say, but I was sure it was Maurice Chevalier). These three characters, even today, represent the British, Indian and French people who may often fight for separate sovereignty at times but as "The Forest Rangers" shows, these three sub-nations work best when they work together. It is good to see the series picked up by a cable company. I hope the youth of today will enjoy it as much as I did in my youth.

The other day , without even thinking about it, while testing out a two-way radio I said into it" XNY556 A for apple " and I nearly fell off my chair when a guy in his late twenties responded " XNY556 A for apple go ahead this is XNY556 B for bob" Now this will mean absolutley nothing to anybody who has never seen this fun family show. ABout a group of junior forest rangers who provide: FIRE FIGHTING, FISHING TRIPS, GUIDES PROVIDED, ANIMALS TRAINED, RESCUE WORK UNDERTAKEN, MAIN DEPOT of the INDIAN RIVER JUNIOR FOREST RANGERS

Any kid growing up in the 60's or 70's would know all about this wonderfull show. But even now they are show in re-runs on some cable shows. I think they must have been filmed on filmed rather than video tape as the shows still are crisp and clear, somebody somewhere owns the rights to this series why oh why has it not been put out on VHS or DVD.