TV series / 1992

North of 60

Name: North of 60
Genre: Drama
Released: 1992-12-03
Cast: Gordon Tootoosis, Tom Jackson, Tina Keeper, Nathaniel Arcand, John Oliver

Episode directors T. W. PeacockeRichard J. LewisBrad TurnerStuart Margolin

More directors

Randy BradshawDavid Warry-SmithGeorge BloomfieldJeff WoolnoughAnne WheelerBruce PittmanJerry CiccorittiJeremy PodeswaGeraint Wyn DaviesSturla GunnarssonGraeme Campbell

Drama

★ 6.0/10Audience rating

The story

North of 60 is a mid-1990s Canadian television series depicting life in the sub-Arctic northern boreal forest. It first aired on CBC Television in 1992 and was syndicated around the world. It is set in the fictional community of Lynx River, a primarily Native-run town depicted as being in the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories. Most of the characters were Dene. Some non-native characters had important roles: the restaurant/motel owner, the band manager, the nurse and the town's main RCMP officer. The show explored themes of Native poverty, alcoholism, cultural preservation and conflict over land settlements and natural resource exploitation. Originally somewhat light-hearted, it quickly became a more dramatic and ponderous series.