Cariboo Country is a Canadian

Canada

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 television series which aired on CBC Television

CBC Television

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 between July 2, 1960 and September 1960 then between 1964 and 1967.

Plot

Cariboo Country was about Smith (Hughes), whose first name was unknown, his wife Norah (Carlson) and their son, Sherwood (Davies,Cherrier). A family from the fictional town of Namko, British Columbia, struggling to operate a small ranch

Ranch

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 in central British Columbia

British Columbia

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Production

• The series was first aired locally in Vancouver then nationally throughout Canada. The series was cancelled after its first season but returned in 1964, with a larger budget
  Budget
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  , until 1967.

External links

• Cariboo Country at the Canadian Communications Foundation
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