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Episode 181: A Tremendous Thing If We Accomplish It
With Canada facing crippling railway debts, political paralysis and dysfunction, and a looming security threat, George Brown proposes major constitutional change.
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 180: The Chilcotin War
While the Civil War rages in the east, the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia face their own conflicts.
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 179: A Hot Southern Town
The American Civil War comes to the Maritime colonies, as a network of Confederate agents develops in Halifax.
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 178: Is She Prepared for War
The outbreak of the Civil War in the United States creates both threats and opportunities for British North Americans.
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 177: Break Them to Pieces
The Canadian government formalizes its assimilationist Indian policy in statute, sparking a new round of resistance and political organization among indigenous communities.
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 176: A Royal Visit
The Prince of Wales visits Canada, and discovers that some of his mother's subjects there are a bit too loyal to the Crown.
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 175: The Double Shuffle
Canadian politics enters a state of paralysis as trans-national coalition governments become ever more difficult to maintain. The only answer appears to be dramatic constitutional reform.
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 174: Thomas D'Arcy McGee, a Traitor to the British Government
A reformed rebel arrives in Montreal, intent on constructing a distinct Canadian national identity that includes British, French, and Irish components.
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 173: To Breathe Purer Air
As the gold rush hits Vancouver Island, Governor James Douglas searches California for migrants unlikely to agitate for annexation into the United States.
Published on 2 years ago
Episode 172: The Starving Ones
The discovery of gold on Fraser River attracts a flood of American prospectors, threatening a repeat of the Oregon crisis, and further surrenders of British territory in the Pacific Northwest.
Published on 2 years ago