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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, 10 months ago
Episode 7: As False as Canadian Diamonds
Jacques Cartier returns to Canada, this time intent on building the first permanent European settlement since the Norse period.
5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 6: Jacques Cartier
Seeking a passage to the orient, a French explorer investigates reports of open sea to the west of Newfoundland.
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 5: New Found Land
Fishermen out of Bristol follow cod across the Atlantic, and find an entire continent.
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 4: The Three Sisters
Agriculture comes to the Great Lakes region, sparking an economic, political, and social revolution.
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 3: Arctic Migrations
Inter-continental migrations from east and west meet in the far north of Canada.
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 2: The Great Diversity
The last ice age ends, and humans follow the receding glaciers into Canada.
6 years ago
Episode 1: Introduction
An introduction to the project - a history of Canada
6 years ago