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June 28, 1992

Season 2

01. Governor Frontenac

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

1min
June 28, 1992

02. Midwife

A look at the importance of midwives in early Canada.

1min
June 28, 1992

03. Agnes Macphail

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

1min
June 28, 1992

04. Emily Carr

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

1min
June 28, 1992

05. Joseph Tyrrell

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

1min
June 28, 1992

06. Basketball

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

1min
June 28, 1992

07. Saguenay Fire

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

1min
June 28, 1992

08. Joseph Casavant

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

1min
June 28, 1992

09. Jean Nicollet

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

1min
June 28, 1992

10. Peacemaker

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

1min
June 28, 1992

11. Rural Teacher

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.

1min
June 28, 1992

12. Emily Murphy

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

1min
June 28, 1992

13. Vikings

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

1min
June 28, 1992

14. Baldwin & LaFontaine

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

1min
June 28, 1992