Heritage Minutes S02E01 · Governor Frontenac

★ 8.0 Air date: 1992-06-28 1m

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

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  1. 1 1. Governor Frontenac1992-06-28 · 1mNew France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec (1690).
  2. 2 2. Midwife1992-06-28 · 1mA look at the importance of midwives in early Canada.
  3. 3 3. Agnes Macphail1992-06-28 · 1mThe first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.
  4. 4 4. Emily Carr1992-06-28 · 1mThe British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work.
  5. 5 5. Joseph Tyrrell1992-06-28 · 1mGeologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.
  6. 6 6. Basketball1992-06-28 · 1mSports coach James Naismith's invention of Basketball is tested by a group of young students in Springfield Illinois.
  7. 7 7. Saguenay Fire1992-06-28 · 1mOne family's quick thinking helps them to survive the 1870 fire in the Saguenay, Quebec.
  8. 8 8. Joseph Casavant1992-06-28 · 1mJoseph Casavant, world renowned organ maker, builds his first organ.
  9. 9 9. Jean Nicollet1992-06-28 · 1mFrench coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.
  10. 10 10. Peacemaker1992-06-28 · 1mThe formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace to his granddaughter.
  11. 11 11. Rural Teacher1992-06-28 · 1mTeacher 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. 12 12. Emily Murphy1992-06-28 · 1mWomen's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.
  13. 13 13. Vikings1992-06-28 · 1mL'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.
  14. 14 14. Baldwin & LaFontaine1992-06-28 · 1mLawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.