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Episode 187: The Battle of Ridgeway
After several false alarms British North America undergoes two Fenian invasions in a matter of weeks, creating the greatest security crisis in a gene…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 186: The Fenians
The end of the Civil War in the United States creates a military threat to British North America, though not the one many Canadians feared.
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 185: I Have No Faith in Canadian Statesmen
As the Maritime delegates return home from the Quebec conference, they discover that the voting public does not necessarily approve of their work.
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 184: The Tenant League
When all conventional political solutions to Prince Edward Island's intractable Land Question fail (including union with Canada), the farmers of the …
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 183: The Confederacy in Canada
Attempting to stave off defeat, an increasingly desperate Confederacy turns to an espionage campaign in Canada, perched on the Union's unprotected no…
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 182: The Two Conferences
Canadian delegates crash a conference on Maritime Union, and present a much more ambitious confederation of British North American possessions.
2 years, 4 months ago
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 constitut…
2 years, 4 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.
2 years, 4 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.
2 years, 4 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.
2 years, 5 months ago