The series starred French-Canadian actor Gilles Pelletier as Corporal Jacques Gagnier, who was in charge of the rural northern Shamattaw station.

[1] Actors in supporting roles were Hugh Webster, Murray Westgate, Robert Christie, James Doohan, John Drainie, Katherine Blake, and Alfie Scopp.

[1] The series had the cooperation of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the producers were allowed access to their case files.

Graeme Fraser, the vice president of Crawley Film Ltd, said that "American TV networks want a fast show, one in which there is a great deal of action and drama.

[6] The main writers for the series were George Salverson, Munroe Scott and Vincent Tilsley of the BBC, who also acted as script editor.

[5] The series used the characters’ rural isolation, the changing weather conditions, and the cultural differences between whites and natives as focal points for episode stories.

was dubbed into the French, Spanish, Italian and German languages,[4] and was broadcast in Argentina, the Philippines, Iran, Nigeria, Rhodesia, West Germany, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Uruguay, Peru, Hong Kong, Belgium, Monaco, Luxembourg, and Venezuela.