A PTN has commissioned a new documentary series, Red River Gold, from B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan-based prodco 3 Story Pictures.

Shooting on season one of the 13 x 30-minute series began on Aug. 22 in several parts of Manitoba and will continue through Oct. 8. Filming locations include Richer, Ste. Anne, La Coulée, Winnipeg, and along Manitoba’s Old Dawson Trail. It will premiere on APTN at a later date.

The docuseries was commissioned by APTN and produced with additional financial support from the Canada Media Fund and Creative Saskatchewan.

Red River Gold is written by Saxon de Cocq (Treaty Road; pictured), who co-directs with Berkley Brady (Dark Nature), and Sam Karney (Going Native). The series is produced by de Cocq, Karney, Hannah Hermanson and Ell McEachern, and executive produced by Doug Cuthand (Guardians: Evolution).

The show follows a group of Métis treasure seekers searching for a trove of gold coins worth $1 million that vanished in 1870. Intended to fund a British military force marching across Canada to stop Louis Riel and the Métis during the Red River Resistance, the gold was never found and England’s Royal Mint still considers it lost or stolen.

“The twelve-foot-deep bogs, dense forest and a constant plague of mosquitoes have staunchly guarded the lost gold of the Dawson Trail for over 150 years,” said de Cocq in a statement. “But the real lost treasure of the Dawson Road isn’t the 105-year-old lost gold coins; it’s learning the true history of the Red River Resistance.”

Image courtesy of 3 Story Pictures