Season 3

1993 · 15 episodes

Episodes

1Laura SecordCanadian heroine Laura Secord aids the British in the War of 1812 with an overland trek to warn of an American military advance.
2Marshall McLuhanPhilosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."
3MarconiInventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signals in Newfoundland and is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
4Les Voltigeurs de QuébecThe band of this famous French Canadian regiment rehearses for the first performance of O Canada in 1880 at Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations.
5Louis RielWhat thoughts ran through Louis Riel's mind as he stood on the scaffold, waiting for the trap door to open to his death?
6Étienne ParentJournalist and government official Étienne Parent demands equality for French and English.
7NitroA young Chinese Canadian risks his life helping to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.
8Sir Sandford FlemingEngineer and inventor Sir Sandford Fleming develops the system of international standard time.
9Maple Leaf GardensConsidered one of the "cathedrals" of ice hockey, the construction and history of the Maple Leaf Gardens is featured.
10Le RéseauEngineer Thomas Wardrope Eadie develops the Trans Canada Microwave telecommunications network.
11Joseph-Armand BombardierInventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the beginnings of his passion for engineering.
12Maurice RuddickMiner Maurice Ruddick recounts the 1958 Springhill mine disaster.
13InukshukAn Inukshuk a stone landmark or cairn is built on Baffin Island.
14La BolducThe story of how Mary Travers becomes a famed popular singer in Quebec.
15Sam SteeleMajor General and police official Sam Steele (portrayed by Alan Scarfe) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police bars an unruly American (portrayed by Don S. Davis) from entering the Yukon with pistols, despite being threatened at gunpoint.