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John By

March 23, 2026 · 24 min

There are few if any individuals who have had a greater impact on the settlement that would become Ottawa than Lt. Col. John By. This episode is a biography of the English engineer who is credited with the creation of the Rideau Canal and…
The War of 1812 - Part 2

March 9, 2026 · 19 min

In this episode, we conclude the war part of the War of 1812, setting up the diminished status of the Indigenous allies, despite their heroic participation in the war, and establishing the justification for the Rideau Canal.
The War of 1812 - Part 1

March 2, 2026 · 17 min

The War of 1812 was a central event in the foundation of the Canadas. It also served to settle the American War of Independence and bring a political norm to North America that there were two distinct countries, rather than Free and…
The Squire of Hull

February 23, 2026 · 26 min

Philemon Wright was the founder of Hull, the first settlement in the Ottawa area that could be called "urban". Migrating from Massachusetts in the winter of 1800, he and his family migrated the shoals of the Lower Canada and Upper Canada…
From the Outside In

February 16, 2026 · 23 min

In this episode, we look at the circle of settlement closing in around what would become Ottawa. In the south by Loyalists, and from the east by way of Montreal.

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Upper Canada

February 9, 2026 · 18 min

The Constitution of 1791 divided the great province of Quebec in two. Upriver was the creation of Upper Canada, and downriver was the new province of Lower Canada. There were new systems of governance and voting, that would influence the…
The Loyalists Approach Ottawa

February 2, 2026 · 13 min

The Crown was selling land and giving it away throughout the late 1700s, and some hearty settlers went beyond the Saint Laurence and Great Lakes, north of Kingston and west of Montreal. Roger Stevens becomes the first settler in what…
The Loyalists Come North

January 26, 2026 · 18 min

United Empire Loyalists were on the move. To England, to Florida and the Caribbean, but also northward to the Loyalist colonies of Nova Scotia and Quebec. They were to come in such numbers that two new provinces would end up being…
The Revolution Next Door

January 19, 2026 · 21 min

So... About 1776 and all that... We've all heard about the American Revolution, but what did that mean for those who didn't think it was such a great idea at the time? Loyalist people and Loyalist colonies had different experiences than…
The Quebec Act

January 12, 2026 · 21 min

This episode looks at the Quebec Act and the political administration of Peak Quebec, and why it became known as one of the "Intolerable Acts" that justified the American Revolutionary War.
Indigenous Relations

January 5, 2026 · 23 min

This episode looks at the relationship between the Crown, the French subjects, the Anglo-American subjects, and the Indigenous nations of the newly expanded British holdings in North America
Introduction to Season 2

January 4, 2026 · 6 min

Season 2 continues the introduction to the world into which Ottawa would be born. This starts with the shift from French to English Imperialism, and the Crown finds itself in the middle of relations between Indigenous nations and American…