Season 2
Episodes
1. Governor Frontenac
1992-06-28
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
A look at the importance of midwives in early Canada.
3. Agnes Macphail
1992-06-28
The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.
4. Emily Carr
1992-06-28
The British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work.
5. Joseph Tyrrell
1992-06-28
Geologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.
6. Basketball
1992-06-28
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
One family's quick thinking helps them to survive the 1870 fire in the Saguenay, Quebec.
8. Joseph Casavant
1992-06-28
Joseph Casavant, world renowned organ maker, builds his first organ.
9. Jean Nicollet
1992-06-28
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
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
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
Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.
13. Vikings
1992-06-28
L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.
14. Baldwin & LaFontaine
1992-06-28
Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.