The Maple Leaf (1971) | Couchpile

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The Maple Leaf (1971) | Couchpile

Season 1

13 Episodes

1971

E01

The Canadian Man (Le Canayen)

12/28/1971·60m

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.

E02

The Canadian Woman (La Canayenne)

1/4/1972·60m

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

E03

The Girl of Tadoussac (La Pucelle de Tadoussac)

1/11/1972·60m

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.

E04

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

1/18/1972·60m

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

E05

A Burning Winter (Un Hiver Brûlant)

1/25/1972·60m

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.

E06

The King's Daughter (La Fille du Roy)

2/1/1972·60m

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.

E07

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

2/8/1972·60m

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.

E08

The Caribus (Les Caribous)

2/15/1972·60m

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.

E09

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

2/22/1972·60m

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

E10

The Camel's Treasure (Le Trésor Du Chameau)

2/29/1972·60m

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.

E11

The Acadians (Les Acadiens)

3/7/1972·60m

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.

E12

The Fugitive (L’Évadé)

3/14/1972·60m

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.

E13

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

3/21/1972·60m

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)