Dominique Briand
Louis Bellerose
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Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes1971
The Maple Leaf
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Episode 160 min1971-12-28
The Canadian Man (Le Canayen)
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.
Episode 260 min1972-01-04
The Canadian Woman (La Canayenne)
François's fiancée, lost in Canada fighting Indians, joins settlers from France to find him living among them. She then reintegrates him into civilization.
Episode 360 min1972-01-11
The Girl of Tadoussac (La Pucelle de Tadoussac)
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.
Episode 460 min1972-01-18
The Cross of Mont Royal (La Croix du Mont-Royal)
Jean Bellerose, a Frenchman, is the first casualty of the Iroquois resistance to colonial settlement, prompting a war between settlers and the Iroquois.
Episode 560 min1972-01-25
A Burning Winter (Un Hiver Brûlant)
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.
Episode 660 min1972-02-01
The King's Daughter (La Fille du Roy)
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.
Episode 760 min1972-02-08
Three Thousand Soldiers, One Woman (3000 Soldats, Une Fille)
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.
Episode 860 min1972-02-15
The Caribus (Les Caribous)
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.
Episode 960 min1972-02-22
The Lord Of The Forest (Le Seigneur De La Forêt)
Canada, 1702. A suspicious death during a Bellerose logging operation ignites superstitious fears among the lumberjacks, who blame the "White Lady."
Episode 1060 min1972-02-29
The Camel's Treasure (Le Trésor Du Chameau)
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.
Episode 1160 min1972-03-07
The Acadians (Les Acadiens)
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.
Episode 1260 min1972-03-14
The Fugitive (L’Évadé)
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.
Episode 1360 min1972-03-21
Farewell to the Fleur-de-Lis (L’Adieu Au Lys)
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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