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Episode 111: Prince Edward Island
The British experiment with new methods of colonization on an island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 110: Affection to Animosity
A prolonged war-time boom propels Newfoundland towards self-sufficiency, while impatient Newfoundlanders wonder if Britain will ever recognize their existence.
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 109: Tecumseh and the Chesapeake
Simultaneous crises on the Atlantic and on the western frontier bring the United States and Britain closer to war than at any time since the Revolution.
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 108: At High Romps
Upper Canada matures into a developed colony, complete with shipwrecks, murder, and drunken carriage rides up Yonge Street.
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 107: This Rascally and Unnatural Country
The fur trade war escalates as the Northwest Company faces a rival upstart in Montreal. The resulting influx of voyageurs makes French-Canadians a permanent fixture in the landscape of the Northwest.
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 106: Anxiety and Paranoia
As the global war with the French continues, the colonial governments at York and Quebec grow increasingly distrustful of their own subjects.
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 105: The River of Disappointment
Fur trader Alexander Mackenzie is convinced that the future of the continent lies on the other side of the Rockies, and he's determined to find it.
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 104: Fallen Timbers
Unfinished business on the western frontier threatens to drag British North America back into a continental war.
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 103: Our Liberty Becomes an Illusion
With the British Empire once again at war with France, ethnic divisions in Lower Canada suddenly take on a greater significance.
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 102: The Nootka Crisis
Spanish, British, and American rivals scramble to secure a base on the Pacific coast, creating a diplomatic crisis half a world away in Europe.
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago