The Maple Leaf
TV ShowEnded

The Maple Leaf

1971
1 season
13 episodes
Drama

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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  • Ep 1

    1.The Canadian Man (Le Canayen)

    28-12-197160m

    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 deliri...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Canadian Woman (La Canayenne)

    04-01-197260m

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

  • Ep 3

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

    11-01-197260m

    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.

  • Ep 4

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

    18-01-197260m

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

  • Ep 5

    5.A Burning Winter (Un Hiver Brûlant)

    25-01-197260m

    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 t...

  • Ep 6

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

    01-02-197260m

    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...

  • Ep 7

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

    08-02-197260m

    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.

  • Ep 8

    8.The Caribus (Les Caribous)

    15-02-197260m

    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...

  • Ep 9

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

    22-02-197260m

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

  • Ep 10

    10.The Camel's Treasure (Le Trésor Du Chameau)

    29-02-197260m

    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-ra...

  • Ep 11

    11.The Acadians (Les Acadiens)

    07-03-197260m

    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 o...

  • Ep 12

    12.The Fugitive (L’Évadé)

    14-03-197260m

    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, s...

  • Ep 13

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

    21-03-197260m

    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 wi...

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