Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
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 nort…
5 years, 6 months 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 wou…
5 years, 6 months 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 …
5 years, 6 months 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.
5 years, 6 months 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.
5 years, 6 months 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.
5 years, 7 months ago
Episode 11: False Starts
1598-1603
The French see an opportunity to settle a colony in Canada, but find that they have bitten off more than they can chew.
5 years, 7 months ago
Episode 10: Mystery on the St. Lawrence
Europeans are suddenly drawn to Canadian fur. Meanwhile, the Upper St. Lawrence undergoes a cataclysmic change.
5 years, 7 months ago
Episode 9: An Alchemist Matter
England takes its turn attempting to colonize Canada, choosing as its destination the inhospitable arctic.
5 years, 7 months ago
Episode 8: The Basques
While the French abandon their colonization effort on the St. Lawrence, Canada's Atlantic coast plays host to a meeting of cultures from either side …
5 years, 8 months ago