Wieland's only dramatic feature, The Far Shore was by far her most ambitious and, by equal measure, her most underappreciated work. The majority of critics panned or dismissed The Far Shore upon its release, sending the film into near oblivion. The film's admirers are those who appreciate this work as an important treatment of the central themes of Wieland's art: love of the Canadian landscape; patriotism for Canada's bilingual heritage; reflections on the nature of artistic practice; concern for environmental issues and feminism. In the prosperous years following World War I, a young French Canadian woman name Eulalie (Céline Lomez) moves from Chicoutimi to Toronto to join her husband Ross (Lawrence Benedict), an entrepreneurial English Canadian businessman. Their world views are far apart and it is not long before Tom (Frank Moore), an artist, wins Eulalie's lonely heart. The Far Shore is a work of fiction based on Wieland's fascination with the Canadian painter Tom Thomson's premature and mysterious death by drowning in Algonquin Park.