Episodes
1. Governor Frontenac
June 28, 1992
1 min
New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec (1690).
3. Agnes Macphail
June 28, 1992
1 min
The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.
4. Emily Carr
June 28, 1992
1 min
The British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work.
5. Joseph Tyrrell
June 28, 1992
1 min
Geologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.
6. Basketball
June 28, 1992
1 min
Sports coach James Naismith's invention of Basketball is tested by a group of young students in Springfield Illinois.
7. Saguenay Fire
June 28, 1992
1 min
One family's quick thinking helps them to survive the 1870 fire in the Saguenay, Quebec.
8. Joseph Casavant
June 28, 1992
1 min
Joseph Casavant, world renowned organ maker, builds his first organ.
9. Jean Nicollet
June 28, 1992
1 min
French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.
10. Peacemaker
June 28, 1992
1 min
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
June 28, 1992
1 min
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
June 28, 1992
1 min
Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.
13. Vikings
June 28, 1992
1 min
L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.
