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Episode 21: The Wendat World
1616-1620
As the St. Lawrence fur trade (and interactions with the French) become common features of Wendat life, the Confederacy adapts itself to new economic, cultural, and social realities.
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 20: Mutual Misunderstandings
1615-1616
Champlain spends a year among the Wendat, and comes to realize that he still has a lot to learn about indigenous politics and diplomacy.
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 19: Jesuit Acadia
1610-1613
An uneasy partnership between settlers and missionaries attempts to revive France's colonial presence in Acadia.
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 18: Lies on the Ottawa
1612-1613
Champlain finally gets to see what lies beyond the great rapids. But up the Ottawa River, he finds that he doesn't know who he can trust.
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 17: Hudson's Passage 2.0
1610-1611
After discovering a possible access point to the St. Lawrence trade network from the south, Henry Hudson searches for a way in from the north.
Published on 5 years ago
Episode 16: The Laurentian Coalition
1610-1611
The chiefs of the Wendat Council travel to the St. Lawrence to formalize their alliance with the French, establishing a partnership that would define the next 40 years of Canadian history.
Published on 5 years ago
Episode 15: Hudson's Passage
1609
The Dutch hire an English explorer, Henry Hudson, to discover a way around Russia to the Orient. Instead, he finds an alternate access point to the Canadian fur trade.
Published on 5 years ago
Episode 14: Where the River Narrows
1608-1609
Champlain returns to the St. Lawrence, with one last chance to prove to the King that a Canadian colony is a viable proposition.
Published on 5 years ago
Episode 13: Acadia
1604-1607
Frightened off by the winters on the St. Lawrence, French colonists seek out a more temperate home on the Atlantic coast.
Published on 5 years ago
Episode 12: The Royal Cartographer
1603
Having failed twice to establish a colony in Canada, France turns to Samuel de Champlain to scout out an ideal location for a settlement.
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago