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Heritage Minutes Season 2, Episode 9: Jean Nicollet

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French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific. Watch Heritage Minutes Season 2, Episode 9 Jean Nicollet in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Heritage Minutes Season 2, Episode 9 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

14 episodes
1

Governor Frontenac

New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec (1690).

1 min
2

Midwife

A look at the importance of midwives in early Canada.

1 min
3

Agnes Macphail

The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.

1 min
4

Emily Carr

The British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work.

1 min
5

Joseph Tyrrell

Geologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.

1 min
6

Basketball

Sports coach James Naismith's invention of Basketball is tested by a group of young students in Springfield Illinois.

1 min
7

Saguenay Fire

One family's quick thinking helps them to survive the 1870 fire in the Saguenay, Quebec.

1 min
8

Joseph Casavant

Joseph Casavant, world renowned organ maker, builds his first organ.

1 min
9

Jean Nicollet

French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.

1 min
10

Peacemaker

The formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace to his granddaughter.

1 min
11

Rural Teacher

Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting of the School Trustees.

1 min
12

Emily Murphy

Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.

1 min
13

Vikings

L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.

1 min
14

Baldwin & LaFontaine

Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.

1 min