Episode 1
Governor Frontenac
Jun 28, 1992
New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec (1690).
Episode 2
Midwife
Jun 28, 1992
A look at the importance of midwives in early Canada.
Episode 3
Agnes Macphail
Jun 28, 1992
The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.
Episode 4
Emily Carr
Jun 28, 1992
The British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work.
Episode 5
Joseph Tyrrell
Jun 28, 1992
Geologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.
Episode 6
Basketball
Jun 28, 1992
Sports coach James Naismith's invention of Basketball is tested by a group of young students in Springfield Illinois.
Episode 7
Saguenay Fire
Jun 28, 1992
One family's quick thinking helps them to survive the 1870 fire in the Saguenay, Quebec.
Episode 8
Joseph Casavant
Jun 28, 1992
Joseph Casavant, world renowned organ maker, builds his first organ.
Episode 9
Jean Nicollet
Jun 28, 1992
French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.
Episode 10
Peacemaker
Jun 28, 1992
The formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace to his granddaughter.
Episode 11
Rural Teacher
Jun 28, 1992
Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting of the School Trustees.
Episode 12
Emily Murphy
Jun 28, 1992
Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.
Episode 13
Vikings
Jun 28, 1992
L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.
Episode 14
Baldwin & LaFontaine
Jun 28, 1992
Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.
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