
The Maple Leaf ·La Feuille d'érable
From 1535 to 1760, this story follows the Bellerose family, beginning with François Bellerose's arrival in New France with Jacques Cartier and culminating in Julien Bellerose's death. Through generations, the Belleroses embody the tenacity and courage with which families overcame adversity to build Canada, then known as New France. Each episode features a new generation.
- Created By
Marie Desmarais
- First Aired on
Dec 28, 1971
- Popularity: 7.3732
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- Production
Radio Canada ProductionsORTFSociété Suisse de Radiodiffusion et Télévision (SSR)RTB
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Mar 21, 1972
Last episode: Farewell to the Fleur-de-Lis (L’Adieu Au Lys)
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 13 episodes

Season 1
Aired
Episode 1The Canadian Man (Le Canayen)60 min
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 2The Canadian Woman (La Canayenne)60 min
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 3The Girl of Tadoussac (La Pucelle de Tadoussac)60 min
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 4The Cross of Mont Royal (La Croix du Mont-Royal)60 min
Jean Bellerose, a Frenchman, is the first casualty of the Iroquois resistance to colonial settlement, prompting a war between settlers and the Iroquois.
Episode 5A Burning Winter (Un Hiver Brûlant)60 min
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.