The Nations of Canada

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Episode 130: Cultural Preservation Feb 22, 2023

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French-Canadians and Kahnawake Iroquois both struggle to define their identities in a rapidly changing Lower Canadian environment.
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Episode 129: The Great Miramachi Fire Feb 15, 2023

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Lumber overtakes fur as British North America's primary export. The forests of New Brunswick offer the greatest rewards in the new industry, but also the gravest dangers.
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Episode 128: If Such a Passage Does Exist Feb 08, 2023

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Looking for something to do after the Napoleonic Wars, the officers of the Royal Navy seek out a new challenge in the arctic.
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Episode 127: The Merger Feb 01, 2023

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The fur wars finally come to an end, and for the first time, a single company holds an uncontested monopoly in the northwest.
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Episode 126: The Dirty Ways of Little York Jan 25, 2023

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An English statistician visits Upper Canada, and sparks a political reform movement that would last generations.
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Episode 125: A Despised and Insulted People Jan 18, 2023

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The whipping of two impoverished fishermen galvanizes popular opposition to the Royal Navy's rule over Newfoundland. The result is the first reform legislation in more than a century.
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Episode 124: The Year Without Summer Jan 11, 2023

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The end of the War of 1812 brings new waves of settlers across the Atlantic, where they face a climate anomaly unlike anything seen in living memory.
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Episode 123: Opposed Abused and Cheated Jan 04, 2023

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The Royal Navy's emancipation policy produces a post-war migration of escaped slaves to Nova Scotia. The new arrivals find the colony just as inhospitable as the Black Loyalists had a generation earlier.
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Episode 122: The Battle of Seven Oaks Dec 28, 2022

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With pitched battles, foreign mercenaries, and mass arrests, the fur trade reaches a state of conflict not seen since the Beaver Wars of the 17th century.
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Episode 121: The Red River Colony Dec 21, 2022

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The rivalry between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Northwest Company reaches new heights, as the HBC plants a colony right in the middle of the NWC supply network.
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