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The Maple Leaf

  • 1971 – 1972
  • Ended
  • Drama
  • ~1h / ep
  • 1 season
  • 9.0/10

From 1535 to 1760, this story follows the Bellerose family, beginning with François Bellerose's arrival in New France with Jacques Cartier and culminating in Julien Bellerose's death. Through generations, the Belleroses embody the tenacity and courage with which families overcame adversity to build Canada, then known as New France. Each episode features a new generation.

Latest: Season 1 · 1971

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  1. E1. The Canadian Man (Le Canayen)

    Dec 28, 1971 · 60m

    François Bellerose, wounded by two arrows during Jacques Cartier's Canadian expedition, loses consciousness as the French escape in the longboat. Indians carry him away, and delirium from fever sets in. Upon awakening, he faces his initial struggles to adapt.

  2. E2. The Canadian Woman (La Canayenne)

    Jan 4, 1972 · 60m

    François's fiancée, lost in Canada fighting Indians, joins settlers from France to find him living among them. She then reintegrates him into civilization.

  3. E3. The Girl of Tadoussac (La Pucelle de Tadoussac)

    Jan 11, 1972 · 60m

    Having escaped a ship, three bandits raid the Bellerose home, where only the women reside. Jean and Pierre Bellerose, aided by Iroquois Indians, pursue them to rescue the women.

  4. E4. The Cross of Mont Royal (La Croix du Mont-Royal)

    Jan 18, 1972 · 60m

    Jean Bellerose, a Frenchman, is the first casualty of the Iroquois resistance to colonial settlement, prompting a war between settlers and the Iroquois.

  5. E5. A Burning Winter (Un Hiver Brûlant)

    Jan 25, 1972 · 60m

    As Pierre Bellerose prepares to leave Santa Maria for Montreal with furs, the murder of a young Native American ignites tensions. Accusations fly against a French trader and even the mission's superior officer. Bellerose, witnessing the unrest, decides to investigate the murder himself.

  6. E6. The King's Daughter (La Fille du Roy)

    Feb 1, 1972 · 60m

    Arriving in Canada as one of 150 "filles du roi" sent to remedy the gender imbalance, Nicole d'Astier finds herself drawn to a solitary lumberjack who spurns her marriage prospects.

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