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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 p…
3 years, 9 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.
3 years, 9 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.
3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 104: Fallen Timbers
Unfinished business on the western frontier threatens to drag British North America back into a continental war.
3 years, 10 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.
3 years, 10 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.
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 101: Willing to Go Wherever
The institution of slavery finds itself under assault in the courts of British North America, but when Black Loyalists get a chance to leave the larg…
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 100: The Very Image and Transcript
Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe attempts to recreate England in the wilderness around the Great Lakes.
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 99: The Canadas
As loyalists establish themselves in the Upper St. Lawrence and Great Lakes, the British government takes the opportunity to totally re-organize the …
3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 98: Ferryland
Newfoundland emerges from the wars of the 18th century a fully fledged colonial society, complete with its own religious, class, and ethnic divisions.
3 years, 11 months ago