ch and ising ▁such ▁as ▁children ' s ▁app arel , ▁doll s , ▁rif les ▁and ▁board ▁games . ▁ ▁Production ▁Fil ming ▁of ▁the ▁ 3 9 - ep is ode ▁series ▁began ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁August ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁in ▁stud ios ▁at ▁Montreal ▁and ▁with ▁location ▁shooting ▁in ▁surrounding ▁areas ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Saint ▁Lawrence ▁River ▁and ▁Î le ▁Per rot . ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁produced ▁in ▁English ▁and ▁French ▁with ▁a ▁common ▁cast . ▁Script writer ▁John ▁Luc ar otti ▁was ▁paid ▁$ 3 0 0 ▁per ▁episode , ▁based ▁on ▁single ▁air ings ▁per ▁C BC ▁station . ▁The ▁French ▁scripts ▁were ▁transl ations ▁by ▁René ▁Norm and . ▁It ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁significant ▁fil med ▁television ▁dram as ▁produced ▁in ▁Canada . ▁ ▁Modern ▁activities ▁inter fer ed ▁with ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁this ▁histor ically - set ▁series . ▁The ▁film m akers ▁cont ended ▁with ▁plan es ▁from ▁Dor val ▁Airport , ▁rail road ▁activity ▁and ▁Saint ▁Lawrence ▁Se away ▁traffic ▁which ▁t ipped ▁the ▁can o es ▁used ▁on ▁the ▁series . ▁Ad verse ▁weather ▁halt ed ▁film ing ▁for ▁several ▁days ▁and ▁even ▁mos qu ito ▁attacks ▁took ▁their ▁to ll ▁on ▁the ▁production . ▁The ▁originally - pl anned ▁late - 1 9 5 6 ▁debut ▁was ▁delayed ▁until ▁February ▁ 1 9 5 7 . ▁Each ▁episode ▁was ▁originally ▁expected ▁to ▁cost ▁$ 7 0 0 0 , ▁but ▁the ▁actual ▁production ▁cost ▁ultimately ▁became ▁$ 1