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Episode 151: A Stupid Place to Build an Outpost
Anglo-Russian border tensions on the Pacific coast are enlivened by a murder in the Hudson's Bay Company's most remote trading post.
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 150: Mending Fences
After multiple diplomatic crises that nearly veered into war, Britain and the United States hold a summit to resolve their outstanding differences in North America, from disputed borders to the extra…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 149: A Forced Marriage
In the aftermath of the 1837 rebellions, the two Canadas are united. But while the British authorities hope this change will marginalize the French Canadian minority, a group of reformers see the opp…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 148: A Flame not Easily Subdued
Newfoundland reformers finally achieve their goal of representative self-government. However, after a series of violent elections, London and the elites of St. John's decide to pull the plug on the c…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 147: The Durham Report
A former Governor-General of British North America offers Westminster his recommendations for post-rebellion Canada, sparking a mass popular movement in Upper Canada.
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 146: The Aroostook War
Just as the conflict in the borderlands ends, a new crisis erupts on the Maine/New Brunswick frontier as rival logging parties clash in a long-disputed territory.
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 145: Canada is in the Mouth of Everyone
From Maine to Michigan, a network of underground cells plots an invasion that would turn Canada into a new Texas in the north.
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 144: The Rebellion in the Borderlands
Canadian rebels flee into American exile, and immediately find allies willing to join them in re-opening the insurrection. The situation immediately transforms from colonial rebellion to internation…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 143: Mackenzie's Rebellion
In Upper Canada, a charismatic populist leads a march on the capital, convincing a group of frustrated insurrectionaries that they will be greeted as liberators, restoring constitutional government.
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 142: Everything is Lawful
After years of fruitless political gridlock, the Patriotes of Lower Canada take up arms against the British Empire.
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago