''Yvon of the Yukon'' is a

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- Chinese animated

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produced by Studio B Productions (now known as "WildBrain") and

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in association with

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. It was produced with the participation of the

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and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit with the assistance of British Columbia Film and the Film Incentive BC grant from the province of

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. Based in the fictional Canadian town of Upyermukluk, the show premiered on YTV during Fall 2000, and aired with the final episode on January 24, 2004.

Premise

''Yvon of the Yukon'' is about a

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explorer, Yvon Ducharme, who embarks on a voyage to

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on behalf of "King Louis" (

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). He goes far off his intended course, into the frigid waters off Canada's northern coast, and is knocked overboard when his boat sinks an iceberg. Yvon is

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frozen in a block of ice for 300 years, until a sled dog owned by Inuk teenager Tommy Tukyuk urinates on it and thaws him out. He settles in the town of Upyermukluk,

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("the hottest cold town in the

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, midway between Shivermetimbers and Frostbottom Falls") and attempts to adjust his life in the Yukon along with his unusual new neighbours.

Cast

* Drew Reichelt – Yvon Ducharme *

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– Tommy Tukyuk * Glen Gould – Bill Tukyuk *

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– Willie Tidwell/ King Louis * Babz Chula – Luba Malloy * Jane Mortifee – Big Mary Hatfield * Phil Hayes – Additional Voices *

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– Mayor * Lee Tockar – Additional Voices * Brian Dobson – Additional Voices * Colin Murdock – Additional Voices * Kathleen Barr – Additional Voices *

Cathy Weseluck Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian actress and comedian who frequently works with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia and is known for her roles as Near in ''Death Note'', Cybersix/Adrian Seidelman in ''Cybersix'', and Spike in '' My Lit ...

– Additional Voices * Chris Roberts – Rusty Knobbs, Norad Geek * Terry Klassen – Dil, The Duke * David Kaye – Additional Voices

Honours

''Yvon of the Yukon'' won the 2002

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for Best Youth or Children's Program or Series and Greg Sullivan was awarded the Best Director award for a Youth or Children's Program. The show captured both awards again in 2004. In 2005, Dennis Heaton won a

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Award for his work on the episode ''The Trouble With Mammoths''.2003 Writers Guild of Canada Winners list

Episodes

Season 1 (2000)

Season 2 (2001-2002)

Season 3 (2003-04)

Notes

References

External links

Yvon of the Yukon – Telefilm Canada

BBC – Yvon of the Yukon
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