The opening episode of this 16-part documentary ranges across the continent, looking back more than 15,000 years to recount the varied history of the first o... read more
With the search for the Northwest Passage and the expansion of the Grand Banks fishery, the New World soon becomes a destination for permanent European colon... read more
A small French settlement in New France builds a flourishing society and stakes a claim to a massive continent between 1660 and 1750. New France's populace i... read more
period of a little more than two decades in the mid-18th century changes the destiny of North America. England and France battle each other in the Seven Yea... read more
At the beginning of the American Revolution in 1775, American rebels invade Canada but despite the efforts of rebel spies to entice Quebec to join the revolu... read more
The Canadian west is opened by the great fur-trading empires of the Hudson's Bay and Northwest Companies, the native people who were their indispensable alli... read more
By 1830, the struggle for democratic government in the colonies of British North America has reached fever pitch. As the colonies grow in wealth and populati... read more
In a few short years, a handful of small and separate British colonies are transformed into a new nation that controls half the North American continent. The... read more
Confederation is barely accomplished when the new dominion must face an enormous challenge: extending its reach into the vast prairies and beyond, to the Pac... read more