Yvon of the Yukon is a Canadian animated television series produced by Studio B Productions (now "WildBrain") and Corus Entertainment in association with Alliance Atlantis Communications. It was produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund 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 British Columbia. 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 French explorer, Yvon Ducharme, who embarks on a voyage to North America on behalf of "King Louis" (Louis XIV of France). 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 cryogenically 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, Yukon ("the hottest cold town in the Arctic, 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
Kirby Morrow – Tommy Tukyuk
Glen Gould – Bill Tukyuk
Ian James Corlett – Willie Tidwell/King Louis
Babz Chula – Luba Malloy
Jane Mortifee – Big Mary Hatfield
Phil Hayes – Additional Voices
Garry Chalk – Mayor
Lee Tockar – Additional Voices
Brian Dobson – Additional Voices
Colin Murdock – Additional Voices
Kathleen Barr – Additional Voices
Cathy Weseluck – 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 Leo Award 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 Writers Guild of Canada Award for his work on the episode The Trouble With Mammoths.
Episodes
Season 1 (2000)
Season 2 (2001-2002)
Season 3 (2003-04)