An introduction to the project - a history of CanadaBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
The last ice age ends, and humans follow the receding glaciers into Canada.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1000-1300. Inter-continental migrations from east and west meet in the far north of Canada.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1350-1450. Agriculture comes to the Great Lakes region, sparking an economic, political, and social revolution.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1490-1500. Fishermen out of Bristol follow cod across the Atlantic, and find an entire continent.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1534. Seeking a passage to the orient, a French explorer investigates reports of open sea to the west of Newfoundland.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1535-1542. Jacques Cartier returns to Canada, this time intent on building the first permanent European settlement since the Norse period.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
While the French abandon their colonization effort on the St. Lawrence, Canada's Atlantic coast plays host to a meeting of cultures from either side of the Atlantic.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
England takes its turn attempting to colonize Canada, choosing as its destination the inhospitable arctic.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
Europeans are suddenly drawn to Canadian fur. Meanwhile, the Upper St. Lawrence undergoes a cataclysmic change.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1598-1603The French see an opportunity to settle a colony in Canada, but find that they have bitten off more than they can chew.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1603Having failed twice to establish a colony in Canada, France turns to Samuel de Champlain to scout out an ideal location for a settlement.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1604-1607Frightened off by the winters on the St. Lawrence, French colonists seek out a more temperate home on the Atlantic coast.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1608-1609Champlain returns to the St. Lawrence, with one last chance to prove to the King that a Canadian colony is a viable proposition.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1609The Dutch hire an English explorer, Henry Hudson, to discover a way around Russia to the Orient. Instead, he finds an alternate access point to the Canadian fur trade.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1610-1611The chiefs of the Wendat Council travel to the St. Lawrence to formalize their alliance with the French, establishing a partnership that would define the next 40 years of Canadian history.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1610-1611After discovering a possible access point to the St. Lawrence trade network from the south, Henry Hudson searches for a way in from the north.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1612-1613Champlain finally gets to see what lies beyond the great rapids. But up the Ottawa River, he finds that he doesn't know who he can trust.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1610-1613An uneasy partnership between settlers and missionaries attempts to revive France's colonial presence in Acadia.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
1615-1616Champlain spends a year among the Wendat, and comes to realize that he still has a lot to learn about indigenous politics and diplomacy.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.