Season 2

1. Governor Frontenac

1992-06-28 · 1m

New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec (1690).

2. Midwife

1992-06-28 · 1m

A look at the importance of midwives in early Canada.

3. Agnes Macphail

1992-06-28 · 1m

The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.

4. Emily Carr

1992-06-28 · 1m

The British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work.

5. Joseph Tyrrell

1992-06-28 · 1m

Geologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.

6. Basketball

1992-06-28 · 1m

Sports coach James Naismith's invention of Basketball is tested by a group of young students in Springfield Illinois.

7. Saguenay Fire

1992-06-28 · 1m

One family's quick thinking helps them to survive the 1870 fire in the Saguenay, Quebec.

8. Joseph Casavant

1992-06-28 · 1m

Joseph Casavant, world renowned organ maker, builds his first organ.

9. Jean Nicollet

1992-06-28 · 1m

French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.

10. Peacemaker

1992-06-28 · 1m

The formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace to his granddaughter.

11. Rural Teacher

1992-06-28 · 1m

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.

12. Emily Murphy

1992-06-28 · 1m

Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.

13. Vikings

1992-06-28 · 1m

L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.

14. Baldwin & LaFontaine

1992-06-28 · 1m

Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.