The Maple Leaf

Season 1

13 episodes · Dec 28, 1971

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  • S1E1

    The Canadian Man (Le Canayen)

    Dec 28, 197160m

    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.

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  • S1E2

    The Canadian Woman (La Canayenne)

    Jan 4, 197260m

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

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  • S1E3

    The Girl of Tadoussac (La Pucelle de Tadoussac)

    Jan 11, 197260m

    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.

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  • S1E4

    The Cross of Mont Royal (La Croix du Mont-Royal)

    Jan 18, 197260m

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

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  • S1E5

    A Burning Winter (Un Hiver Brûlant)

    Jan 25, 197260m

    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.

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  • S1E6

    The King's Daughter (La Fille du Roy)

    Feb 1, 197260m

    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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  • S1E7

    Three Thousand Soldiers, One Woman (3000 Soldats, Une Fille)

    Feb 8, 197260m

    François Bellerose rescues a drowning woman who claims to be from Boston and warns of an imminent English attack on Quebec, but the governor suspects she is a spy.

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  • S1E8

    The Caribus (Les Caribous)

    Feb 15, 197260m

    Hudson Bay, 1694: Bellerose, a backwoodsman, must announce the French reoccupation of Fort Nelson (renamed Fort Bourbon) and renegotiate the fur trade with the Eskimos. Guided by a mixed-race Eskimo interpreter, Bellerose will face the daily struggle for survival in the unforgiving landscape.

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  • S1E9

    The Lord Of The Forest (Le Seigneur De La Forêt)

    Feb 22, 197260m

    Canada, 1702. A suspicious death during a Bellerose logging operation ignites superstitious fears among the lumberjacks, who blame the "White Lady."

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  • S1E10

    The Camel's Treasure (Le Trésor Du Chameau)

    Feb 29, 197260m

    Canada, 1725: Leon Bellerose, an informant for the governor, works with the chief engineer of the Cap Breton fortress, whose daughter is pursued by an officer, the son of a high-ranking official.

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  • S1E11

    The Acadians (Les Acadiens)

    Mar 7, 197260m

    Canada, 1758. Major Evans, a British officer, is ordered to eliminate rebels evading deportation. Pierre Bellerose, with his brother and wife, seeks refuge in the woods alongside other locals.

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  • S1E12

    The Fugitive (L’Évadé)

    Mar 14, 197260m

    Canada, 1758. Amidst fifteen years of conflict between the French and Canadians, young Quebec garrison officer Julian Bellerose is betrothed to his cousin. During a country walk, she encounters and hides a wounded, fugitive English officer, unaware of the peril she courts.

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  • S1E13

    Farewell to the Fleur-de-Lis (L’Adieu Au Lys)

    Mar 21, 197260m

    England prevails in the war. Aunt Anne's death coincides with the Bellerose mansion becoming a refuge. Anne Marie returns, remorseful for her elopement, and seeks reconciliation with her former fiancé. (Final episode)

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