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Narrated by The Storyteller 254 km · about 187 min · 37 stories

The Chemin du Roy through New France: the fur-trade origins of Montreal, the seigneurial system's long shadow, the Grey Nuns, the Grand Trunk Railway's ambition, and the Quebec Bridge — which collapsed twice, killed eighty-nine men, and became an engineer's cautionary ring.

The stories

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  1. 1
    Montréal, Quebec

    Montreal's Former Red-Light District

  2. 2
    Longueuil, Quebec

    Montreal's Fur Trade Origins

  3. 3
    Longueuil, Quebec

    The Long Shadow of the Seigneurial System Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  4. 4
    Boucherville, Quebec

    The Long Shadow of the Seigneurial System Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  5. 5
    Sainte-Julie, Quebec

    The Long Shadow of the Seigneurial System Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  6. 6
    Saint-Mathieu-de-Belœil, Quebec

    Marguerite d'Youville and Charity

  7. 7
    Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec

    The Gault Nature Reserve

  8. 8
    La Présentation, Quebec

    Saint-Hyacinthe Agricultural Research Hub

  9. 9
    Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec

    The Salvail River Settlement

  10. 10
    Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec

    The Yamaska River Valley

  11. 11
    Saint-Simon-de-Bagot, Quebec

    The Grey Nuns' Institutional Legacy

  12. 12
    Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Quebec

    Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot Roadside Stopover

  13. 13
    Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec

    The Founding of Saint-Eugène

  14. 14
    Saint-Eugène-de-Grantham, Quebec

    The Life of Marie Rose

  15. 15
    Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec

    Life in 19th-Century Quebec

  16. 16
    Drummondville, Quebec

    Industrial Growth in Drummondville

  17. 17
    Bon-Conseil, Quebec

    The British American Land Company

  18. 18
    Bon-Conseil, Quebec

    The Roadside Legacy of Le Madrid

  19. 19
    Sainte-Eulalie, Quebec

    The Crossroads of Sainte-Eulalie

  20. 20
    Sainte-Eulalie, Quebec

    The Railway at Aston-Jonction

  21. 21
    Daveluyville, Quebec

    The Founding of Daveluyville

  22. 22
    Daveluyville, Quebec

    The Grand Trunk Railway's Ambition Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  23. 23
    Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Quebec

    The Grand Trunk Railway's Ambition Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  24. 24
    Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Quebec

    The Grand Trunk Railway's Ambition Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  25. 25
    Manseau, Quebec

    The Timber Industry's Regional Transformation

  26. 26
    Villeroy, Quebec

    The Chaudière River's Industrial Legacy

  27. 27
    Val-Alain, Quebec

    The Intercolonial Railway's Reach

  28. 28
    Val-Alain, Quebec

    The Founding of Saint-Janvier-de-Joly

  29. 29
    Joly, Quebec

    The Railway Origins of Laurier-Station

  30. 30
    Laurier-Station, Quebec

    The Quebec Bridge Disaster Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  31. 31
    Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec

    The Quebec Bridge Disaster Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  32. 32
    Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec

    The Quebec Bridge Disaster Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  33. 33
    Lévis, Quebec

    The Pâquet Family Heritage Site

  34. 34
    Lévis, Quebec

    The Power of Chaudière Falls

  35. 35
    Lévis, Quebec

    Cartier's First French Settlement

  36. 36
    Québec, Quebec

    The Garden Cemetery Movement

  37. 37
    Québec, Quebec

    The Founding of Hôpital-Général

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Where the stories come from

Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.