This film is based on the novel, Mrs. Mike, which is based on the real life woman, Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan. A Boston teenager is sent to live with her uncle in frontier Canada because of her fragile health. She eventually falls in love with one of the few young, white males in the region. They marry and depart for the northern wilderness to set up house and home. The rest of the movie is about her struggles and joys of living and travelling in this rugged country.
as Sgt. Mike Flannigan
as Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
as Uncle John
as Sarah Carpentier
as Dr. McIntosh
as Georgette Beauclaire
as Cameron
as Mrs. Howard
as Mr. Howard
as Pierre Carpentier
as Mrs. Mathers
as Atenou
as Louis Beauclaire
as Tommy Henderson
as Mrs. Henderson
as Trader Jim Henderson
as Danny Hawkins
as Tommy Howard
as Joe Howard
as Madeleine Beauclaire
as Barbette Beauclaire
as Chief Iron Eyes (uncredited)
as Indian (uncredited)