Jade Fever
| Jade Fever | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary, reality |
| Created by | David Gullason Jeffrey Kinnon |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | David Gullason Brian Hamilton Gabriela Schonbach Michael Chechik |
| Production locations | Jade City and the Turnagain River basin of British Columbia |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Discovery Channel Canada |
| Release | March 31, 2015 – July 19, 2021 |
Jade Fever is a Canadian documentary television series from Discovery Channel Canada, produced by Omnifilm Entertainment, that ran for seven seasons between April 2015 and July 2021. The series follows a long-standing jade mining family as they explored and placer-mined nephrite jade in the Dease Lake area of Northern British Columbia while also running a small motel and souvenir business in Jade City. The series was narrated by Martin Strong.
Jade Fever was nominated for a 2016 Canadian Screen Award in the "Best Factual Program or Series" category. The series premiered on The Weather Channel in the US on June 5, 2021. It was also available in Germany, France, Sweden, Australia, and Russia, among other territories. In April 2021, Jade Fever became available to stream on CTV.ca.
The series was cancelled in July 2021. Prior to its cancellation, Tahltan First Nation claimed the series was filmed in a mine in Tahltan territory without approval from the nation. However, permits from the Ministry of Energy and Mines had been obtained. In July 2021, Bell Media did not respond to questions of whether the series was pulled off-air owing to pressure from the Tahltan First Nation.