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Episode 57: A Mountain of Beaver
As the fur trade enters a crisis, the French are forced to recognize that the institution has diplomatic and political dimensions beyond its failing …
4 years, 8 months ago
Episode 56: Nothing But Destruction
The war in North America concludes, but not before the devastation of communities from Newfoundland to the Great Lakes.
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 55: A Very Active Lad
The Hudson's Bay Company sends young Henry Kelsey into the unknown interior of North America, to find out how their business actually works.
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 54: The Mouth of My Cannons
Governor Frontenac makes his triumphant return to New France, and celebrates by delivering a pithy one-liner to an invading army of English Americans.
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 53: Victory and Deceit
A new governor of New France makes a new set of mistakes, escalating the conflict with the Iroquois Confederacy.
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 52: Canadian Warfare
Desperate for a victory, the new governor of New France sends a group of French marines and Canadian backwoodsmen to the English trading posts on Hud…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 51: The Empire Humbled
The new governor of New France attempts to solve the colony's Iroquois problem by marching an army into the wilderness beyond the St. Lawrence.
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 50: The Middle Ground
Competition with the Iroquois Confederacy forces the French to develop new forms of economic and diplomatic power in the pays d'en haut.
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 49: Mistress of My Own Body
Large scale peace-time migrations produce new hybrid communities on the St. Lawrence. Iroquois, Wendat, and Algonquin identities overlap, and new Ch…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 48: Desire to Live Indifferent
A devastating war between English settlers and their Abenaki neighbours to the north creates a new geo-political environment for both Canada and Acad…
4 years, 10 months ago