Where was The Last Frontier filmed? Shooting locations of the Apple TV+ thriller revisited 

The Last Frontier takes you right away into the chilly and icy wilds of Alaska, but here's the twist: The Apple TV+ miniseries wasn't filmed in Alaska. Instead, the Apple TV+ series was brought to life in Canada, with Montreal and parts of Quebec standing in as the cold landscape.

For a story about convicts escaping and being on the run, and with a marshal standing his ground, the locations mentioned here do add that raw and isolated feel that makes the show look authentic and real.

Let's take a closer look at where The Last Frontier was actually shot.

Montreal’s streets meet the Alaskan wilderness in The Last Frontier on Apple TV+

One of the coolest things about The Last Frontier is how effortlessly it played around with filming in the city while giving off remote area wilderness shots. With this being said, most of the show was filmed in Montreal, where the cast and crew set up base in a major city while still being able to smartly recreate the colder small Alaskan town setting needed for the miniseries.

From February all the way through August 2024, the production made the city their base, changing around a few areas to make them into the snowy world of Frank Remnick in Alaska.

But the real gem came when the crew left the city behind for something wilder. They spent a month shooting in Quebec's Capitale, about 70 kilometers north of Quebec City. With the forests, ice-like rivers, and land, the area carried the same unforgiving energy you'd expect from Alaska itself.

And it wasn't just a quick visit. After their first stretch of filming there, the team returned for the final week of production to wrap things up on location. That decision shows how vital those raw outdoor settings were to shaping the tension-filled world of the series.

A finishing touch in Alberta’s wild landscapes

Even after months in Quebec, the cameras didn't stop rolling there. To get a hold of the last piece of the puzzle, The Last Frontier crew flew towards the west. In November 2024, the crew travelled to Alberta for about a week of filming to get even more dramatic shots that felt natural.

Alberta's land is famous for being wide and unpredictable, and it gave the production team exactly the kind of realism that keeps the thriller well-rounded and grounded.

When you think about it, that choice for the location makes perfect sense. A show like The Last Frontier is all about pushing characters to test their limits. By travelling to various regions in Canada, like Montreal for the city shots, Capitale-Nationale for the wilderness scenes, and Alberta for the final touch of nature, the production carved out a setting that felt authentic without ever needing to go into Alaska.

Every snowy ridge and isolated road works together to heighten the tension, showing us a town on the edge of disaster, cut off from the outside world.

The Last Frontier may tell a story set in Alaska, but most of it was shot in Canada. Montreal gave the crew their base, Quebec delivered the chilling wilderness, and Alberta added that last layer of beauty.

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Also read: The Last Frontier cast and character guide

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