
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.
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Air Date: 1971-12-28
François Bellerose, wounded by two arrows during Jacques Cartier's Canadian expedition, loses consciousness as the Fr...
Air Date: 1972-01-04
François's fiancée, lost in Canada fighting Indians, joins settlers from France to find him living among them. She th...
Air Date: 1972-01-11
Having escaped a ship, three bandits raid the Bellerose home, where only the women reside. Jean and Pierre Bellerose,...
Air Date: 1972-01-18
Jean Bellerose, a Frenchman, is the first casualty of the Iroquois resistance to colonial settlement, prompting a war...
Air Date: 1972-01-25
As Pierre Bellerose prepares to leave Santa Maria for Montreal with furs, the murder of a young Native American ignit...
Air Date: 1972-02-01
Arriving in Canada as one of 150 "filles du roi" sent to remedy the gender imbalance, Nicole d'Astier finds herself d...
Air Date: 1972-02-08
François Bellerose rescues a drowning woman who claims to be from Boston and warns of an imminent English attack on Q...
Air Date: 1972-02-15
Hudson Bay, 1694: Bellerose, a backwoodsman, must announce the French reoccupation of Fort Nelson (renamed Fort Bourb...
Air Date: 1972-02-22
Canada, 1702. A suspicious death during a Bellerose logging operation ignites superstitious fears among the lumberjac...
Air Date: 1972-02-29
Canada, 1725: Leon Bellerose, an informant for the governor, works with the chief engineer of the Cap Breton fortress...
Air Date: 1972-03-07
Canada, 1758. Major Evans, a British officer, is ordered to eliminate rebels evading deportation. Pierre Bellerose, w...
Air Date: 1972-03-14
Canada, 1758. Amidst fifteen years of conflict between the French and Canadians, young Quebec garrison officer Julian...
Air Date: 1972-03-21
England prevails in the war. Aunt Anne's death coincides with the Bellerose mansion becoming a refuge. Anne Marie ret...