Counterfactual Canuck

Content warning: Discussion of slavery and racism.

This episode takes one more look at another aspect of the American Revolution and how it impacted Canada through the role slavery played in the Revolution. I then discuss one of the aftermaths of the Revolution in the Black Loyalists.

Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score Squad

Outro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the Subhumans

You can reach me at:

Email: [email protected]

Wikipedia should not be used as a source:

African Americans in the Revolutionary War
Philipsburg Proclamation
Black Loyalist
Black Patriot
Dunmore's Proclamation

University of Google:

Black Canadians | The Canadian Encyclopedia
Africans in America | Part 2 | The Revolutionary War
How Enslaved Men Who Fought for the British Were Promised Freedom - HISTORY
Our Story
Treaty of Paris
Evacuation of New York
Black History Month... by the numbers
Counterfactual Pots and Kettles: Woody Holton’s Disputed Claims about Lord Dunmore’s “Emancipation Proclamation” of 1775 and the American Revolution.

Printed Material:

Alan Gilbert - Black Loyalists and Patriots
Peter Bagge - Founding Fathers Funnies

This episode looks at the first attempt to create an Indian Barrier State as part of a containment strategy against the new United States by the British and other European powers.

Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score Squad

Outro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the Subhumans

You can reach me at:

Email: [email protected]

Wikipedia should not be used as a source:

Indian barrier state
Western theater of the American Revolutionary War
Treaty of Paris (1783)

University of Google:

The Indian Barrier State of 1812. During negotiations of the War of 1812… | by Todd Nelson | Lessons from History | Medium
Dreams of the Past: The Indian Barrier State
Max Farrand - "The Indian Boundary Line"

This episode centers around the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the role they played in the American Revolution as well as the ruinous effects that conflict had on the Confederacy and the Six Nations, before looking at possible counterfactuals.

Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score Squad

Outro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the Subhumans

You can reach me at:

Email: [email protected]

Wikipedia should not be used as a source:

Iroquois
Six Nations land cessions
Treaty of Canandaigua
Great Law of Peace

University of Google:

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) | The Canadian Encyclopedia
Madam Sacho: How One Iroquois Woman Survived the American Revolution | The National Endowment for the Humanities
The Six Nations Confederacy During the American Revolution - Fort Stanwix National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
The Clinton-Sullivan Campaign of 1779 - Fort Stanwix National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

Printed Material:

Barbara Graymont - The Iroquois in the American Revolution
Harry Turtledove & Richard Dreyfuss - The Two Georges

This one will probably be my longest Counterfactual Puck episode.

It explores the life and times of Don Cherry and numerous counterfactuals that could have occurred during it.

My own biased thoughts on Cherry begin around the 36-minute mark so you can turn the episode off then if you're not interested.

 You can reach me at:
 
 Email: [email protected]

Stuff you can look up:

Don Cherry

Don Cherry NHL & WHA Hockey Coaching Record | Hockey-Reference.com

'People tuned in to see how bad I was': Don Cherry reflects on Grapevine TV years in new book | CBC News

EPISODE 197: Colorado "Rocky Hockey" - With Terry Frei — Good Seats Still Available

Colorado Rockies yearly attendance at hockeydb.com

Three Little Words: Too Many Men | Longform - SI.com

Don Cherry - Grapes

Jay Scherer & Lisa McDermott - "Don Cherry and the Cultural Politics of Rock'em Sock'em Nationalism" - in Fallen Sports Heroes, Media and Celebrity Culture

For this episode, I take a break from the American Revolution and jump back into the dismal science, economics, to look at the founding of the Northwest Company and its impact on the fur trade and Canada.

Note: "HBC" abbreviation again stands for "Hudson's Bay Company"

Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score Squad

Outro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the Subhumans

You can reach me at:

Email: [email protected]

Wikipedia should not be used as a source:

North West Company - Wikipedia
David Thompson (explorer) - Wikipedia
Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) - Wikipedia

University of Google:

Métis | The Canadian Encyclopedia
North West Company | The Canadian Encyclopedia
Daniels v. Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development) - SCC Cases

Printed Material:

Jean Teillet - The North-West is our Mother

Old-school printed material (problematic, but good as a source):

Marjorie Wilkins Campbell - The Nor'westers
Keith Wilson - The Fur Trade in Canada

Note: At about 26:34, I say French instead of British at one point - makes the sentence a little odd.

This episode takes a more direct look at counterfactuals around the American Revolution, namely, the idea of the Americans losing, followed by the likelihood of a Second American Revolution taking place in one form or another.

Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score Squad

Outro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the Subhumans

You can reach me at:

Email: [email protected]

Wikipedia should not be used as a source:

Battle of Long Island
Battles of Saratoga
For Want of a Nail (novel)
American Revolutionary War
American Revolution
Philadelphia campaign

University of Google:

Sobel Wiki | Fandom
The American Revolution - A Captivating Guide to the American Revolution War and the United States of America's Struggle for Independence from Great Britain

Printed Material:

Robert Sobel - For Want of a Nail
David McCullough - "What the Fog Wrought" - What If?
Thomas Fleming - "Unlikely Victory" - What If?
Robert Conroy - Liberty 1784

This episode takes a look at the almost move of the St Louis Blues to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1983. I go over the history of the whole thing and then wonder about the different directions it could have taken.

 You can reach me at:
 
 Email: [email protected]

Stuff you can look up:

PHT Time Machine: When Blues skipped NHL draft | ProHockeyTalk | NBC Sports

The NHL faces the antitrust Blues | Maclean's | JUNE 6, 1983

N.H.L. Settles Antitrust Suit - The New York Times

Bill Hunter (ice hockey)

St. Louis Blues

Saskatoon, Canada Metro Area Population 1950-2021 | MacroTrends

The Saskatoon Blues: The Story - St. Louis Game Time

The big one that got away: Blues were bought, the deal done, but then NHL intervened (May 17, 2008) | Saskatoon StarPhoenix

St. Louis Blues hockey team statistics and history at hockeydb.com

Stephen Laroche - Changing the Game

Hopefully this is the start of a regular schedule for this podcast again, but we'll see. Might be able to get out a Counterfactual Puck episode in the next week or two.

This episode has an overview of the War of the American Revolution followed by counterfactuals that focus mainly on Canada in addition to one big-picture scenario about Britain.

Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score Squad

Outro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the Subhumans

You can reach me at:

Email: [email protected]

Wikipedia should not be used as a source:

American Revolutionary War
American Revolution
Invasion of Quebec (1775)
Armada of 1779
Treaty of Paris (1783)

University of Google:

Initial Impact of the Revolution on Newfoundland
7.4 Revolutionary British America – Canadian History: Pre-Confederation
The American Revolution - A Captivating Guide to the American Revolution War and the United States of America's Struggle for Independence from Great Britain

Printed Material:

Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy - The Men Who Lost America
Barbara Tuchman - The Last Salute
Thomas Fleming - "Unlikely Victory", What If?

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of residential schools and genocide.
 
 This is just an update on where this podcast is right now, and how I'm hoping to get some more episodes up in the near future.
 
 I then make a quick note of recent news in Canada around the discovery of unmarked graves of Indigenous children and the continuing impact and legacy of the genocidal residential school program.
 
 Remains of 215 children found buried at former B.C. residential school, First Nation says | CBC News

Kamloops Indian Residential School

Sask. First Nation announces discovery of 751 unmarked graves near former residential school | CBC News

Reports - NCTR

Where are the Children buried?

Sorry for the delay on this one. Reorganizing our house changed up my recording space and I've not been happy with the way my audio has sounded since. This one still isn't perfect in my opinion, but I think I managed to make it work (other than the birdsong in the beginning).

This episode is another No Canada one as I recap the prelude to the American Revolution and then discuss how it could have been avoided from even happening in the first place.

The next few episodes will look at the American Revolution and its impact on Canada from a
couple of different angles.

Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score Squad

Outro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the Subhumans

You can reach me at:

Email: [email protected]

Wikipedia should not be used as a source:

American Revolutionary War
American Revolution
Intolerable Acts

University of Google:

What we get wrong about taxes and the American Revolution | PBS NewsHour
Proclamation of 1763 - Definition, Facts & Significance - HISTORY

Printed Material:

Harry Turtledove & Richard Dreyfuss - The Two Georges
Colin Calloway - The Scratch of a Pen
Caleb Carr - "William Pitt the Elder and the Avoidance of the American Revolution", What Ifs of American History