The Story of Canada: Beyond Brant and Brock

Bonus: John Ware, Canada’s Legendary Cowboy (1845-1905)

This Article is dedicated to Nettie Ware (1893-1989)

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December 2025

29. Champlain and his mentor King Henry IV

Samuel de Champlain learned how to successfully lead from his mentor King Heny IV, the king of France from 1553 to 1610.

Dec 22, 2025 • The Story of Canada

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28. Saintonge, the birthplace of Canada

“He who goes easy goes far” - Proverb of Saintonge.

Dec 1, 2025 • The Story of Canada

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November 2025

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Nov 18, 2025 • The Story of Canada

Book Two - Settlements

We enter a new era in the Canadian story. After a century of discovery, the 17th Century begins with serious attempts at establishing French and English…

Nov 14, 2025 • The Story of Canada

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October 2025

27 - Sir Martin Frobisher meets a young Samuel de Champlain in Brittany

Frobisher leads a successful assault on El Leon, a key Spanish fort in Brittany with the help of French troops, among whom was a young Samuel de…

Oct 26, 2025 • The Story of Canada

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September 2025

26. Frobisher’s final voyage to the Arctic

“The singular achievement of this new expedition was not so much that it met most of its objectives, but that it did so in the face of many strong…

Sep 21, 2025 • The Story of Canada

August 2025

25. Sunk Cost Fallacy and Frobisher's 1577 voyage to the Arctic

Michael Lok believed a dubious opinion that the black rock from the Arctic contained gold. A second voyage was sent to Little Hall's Island to mine 200…

Aug 6, 2025 • The Story of Canada

July 2025

24. Origins and history of the Inuit

Martin Frobisher unexpectedly met the Indigenous peoples who inhabited the Arctic. We need to understand who they were before continuing our story.

Jul 16, 2025 • The Story of Canada

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June 2025

23. Frobisher sails into the unknown

Martin Frobisher led his small fleet in search of the "Straight of Anian" only to experience a close encounter with the Inuit people of Frobisher Bay.

Jun 19, 2025 • The Story of Canada

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22: Frobisher prepares to journey to the Arctic by privateering

Martin Frobisher is credited with the first expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. But the idea for the journey didn't come out of nowhere.

Jun 1, 2025 • The Story of Canada

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May 2025

21. Controlling the choke point: Spain's dominance of the Caribbean

From today's perspective, it's hard to see the power Spain held over the Americas in the 1500s. It would be like America preventing any other nation…

May 7, 2025 • The Story of Canada

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