Canada's Pirate Legends: The Fall of Piracy in Canada [Part 2]

[@Canadiana]

If you haven't seen Part 1 yet, please make sure to watch it before this one! Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp_RgJWoiJVooMU We will be posting Adam's full Screech-in at some point on our Patreon page--it's a very lengthy ceremony! Check out the description for more pirate-related tidbits, and if you haven't checked out our social channels (@thisiscanadiana) we have been running 2 months of pirate history posts in the lead-up to these episodes. And much more to come! Next episode's location: Ottawa!

[@mantiscoregaming6699]

Piracy still exists bud. Our entire gov is based on corporations. That's why we don't have gov, just corporations. Corporations using maritime law to dictate land laws. The pirates are corporations. Stealing from the ppl to maintain their elitism. Stop producing false information.

[@dodaexploda]

That was fantastic! I had no idea about the origins of CIBC or Scotiabank. Everyone let's do this channel a solid and post the video to social media.

[@Canadiana]

It surprised us too! That would be much appreciated, thanks for watching!

[@dodaexploda]

@@Canadiana no problemo. This is good content and needs to be seen.

[@explore_off_road]

Ya, that was really cool... proud to be a CIBC customer now. Hahaha

[@byzantiumn8564]

I love your videos and i really wish CBC would pick up your content for a sunday segment

[@user-uf1eo1ls5w]

Not enough Indigenous, LGBTQ+ or BIPOC content for CBC to care.

[@catchemdeep7184]

This is informative and unbiased, CBC could never.

[@tkbywatr]

CBC is sadly a shadow of what it once was.

[@sbwmurray3988]

CBC hates Canadian culture, and history.

[@AndrewSzeto]

this work is critically underwatched. seriously love, love, LOVE what y'all are doing and going to blast it on my socials. hopefully it pulls in a few views! thank you for doing what y'all do!

[@Canadiana]

Thanks for watching! That's very kind of you, we appreciate any and all sharing. We hope you enjoy the rest of the season!

[@sandihunter1260]

This is an excellent series. This should be shown in all schools in Canada.

[@mikethe1wheelnut]

hah! and have it lay bare how crappy the rest of the system is? good luck! you want a good education system, go to another country. or create your own. (that's what I'm going to do -with help, obviously)

[@JaydenWorth]

I wish I was shown stuff more like this when I was in school. Making a point for youth to garner excitement for learning that will surely spread to all the other cool Canadian history.

[@Canadiana]

We couldn't agree more!

[@douggairns1019]

Wow Way back in the late 70's my friend and I dove on a shipwreck in Bay Bulls, that i was told was a British warship that was sunk in 1649 by the French , they had a grid set up above the wreck, for searching for artifacts, and there were cannons and cannonballs on the ocean floor. The neatest thing I saw was the church had used 4 old cannons as gate posts. They are still there because I saw them on Google maps, even though it's changed a lot with the Oil Rigs. I had just assumed that it was a Warship, but I just realized it might have been a Pirate Ship!

[@jeffodabear]

I almost lost the eyesight in my right eye in a fist fight in that alley you showed at the end, right outside Lower Deck. It was the last outside cover band show they were doing that year, about 5 years back. Wild times. It's interesting to know that pirates used to beat those paths as well! Great video, thanks!

[@QBRX]

This is a great education on Canada, a history that few know.

[@cathygillies7271]

Fantastic! As a Canadian history enthusiast, I love the content. The videography is great as well. I often watch British history documentaries which are so well done. We need more of that kind here in Canada.

[@russparker1647]

I can’t believe I have never seen this channel before. I enjoy it immensely. I liked to think I knew a fair bit of Canadian history, but I was wrong. Thank you so much.

[@robswystun2766]

Great job. Love it. I had never really thought of Canada when I thought about pirates. I do now.

[@zuckshot]

This channel is incredible. You've been around for years and I am Canadian and it wasn't until about a week ago that I knew you existed. Fantastic story telling!

[@MichaelLeBlanc-p4f]

Just stumbled on this channel. Great Stuff. So much fascinating history happened on the east-coast. The scale of it makes following those involved almost intimate because of information availabe, scales of action and numbers involved . . . Impossible with European wars.

[@Mothersload]

Great Canadian History. Thank You for your time! 🇨🇦🐢❤️🙌

[@mackenziecampbell2224]

This is possibly your best video I've watched so far and I can't believe it has 11k views. For some reason you are being shadow banned, I have been on this site for 15+ years and have never seen the dichotomy of quality to views to this extent. I even signed in to comment this as I thought it was that important. I hope you find out why you're not a national talking point. Excellent quality, something not just you and your 3 person team but Canada should be proud of the quality of this content.

[@christianZaal]

So glad the algorithm delivered this content. Top notch

[@Pete-tu7qg]

I was Screehed in in Codroy Valley. They gave me a framed, "Diploma", if you will. In my garage. Love your stuff. I subscribed today. Greetings from Nova Scotia!

[@Marshal_Dunnik]

"So, you have a movie for me?" "Yes sir I do, it's called 'Pirates of the Canada'"

[@Crowscratch_HauntedLibrary]

Terrific video! Love that you're shedding some light on this little known part of Canadian history. Excellent work!

[@shrimpdance4761]

Love the music choice for the ending! The shakers sounds like the rattling of doubloons.

[@AragornV]

I am astounded at the production value here! I am legitimately going to spread the word on this channel.

[@travelexperiencedevoyage]

Canadiana has always had awesome videography and graphic design. Truly a group of professionals. Thanks for the interesting and historic video!

[@pryles2000]

One of the best Documentaries I've ever seen on uTube. Excellent Excellent. Please dont ever stop.

[@Canadiana]

Thank you so much! That is high praise! We're going to keep going as long as we can!

[@joellandry2406]

Just fantastic. Thank you to everyone involved!

[@TheDirtyBirchTrails]

Wow just wow, incredible story about pirates and very well told by Adam and his crew !!! Thank you !!

[@hillbilly23]

Great job as usual

[@jermsp]

How does this channel only have 33K subs. It's fantastic.

[@rexelagapay7579]

Amazing series. Like this channel. Never heard about Canada in school. I'm catching up now.. great country with rich history.

[@fourshore502]

a privateer becoming a banker. i am so not surprised actually.

[@gregoryferraro7379]

🎵With a yo-ho-ho and a tricky lah-tee do Canadian pirates we!🎶

[@capitainejosephblackjobart2577]

I love That can we get some episode about french pirate and privateers and église privateers in Québec and New brunswick

[@randomeverything3023]

Commenting to make this more popular!

[@johnjaques342]

So well done! Thank you👍

[@mzwakithi]

You guys outdid yourselves with this one!!

[@r0ll754]

Thank you for making these

[@emilegirard912]

Canadiana has been so unfairly (almost) shadowbanned. This deserves millions of views. I've been subscribed to your amazing content, yet had to manually input your channel to see your new videos. 4 years ago I thought this channel would blow up. A Canadian Slavery Story is one of the most insightful videos on this website (personal opinion), and it's sitting at 55k as I'm writing. How does this happen? I really wish you guys the best.

[@Canadiana]

We really appreciate this, thank you. It seems like no matter what we do, the KZbin algorithm is a fickle beast for us. We sure were hoping to grow as a channel and be able to sustain ourselves 4 years ago, but we are back at it for another shot! Here's hoping the rest of Season 3 plays out better, because we are very excited to share what we've been working on for 2 years now.

[@eyegorehertz761]

i've watched several of your vids and i just want to say: congratulations! you have just become my favourite online canadian historian.

[@fraserhenderson7839]

YIKES! Wow, life was cheap and old time Haligonians could really hold a grudge. This Halifax is the setting for Stan Rogers lament Barrett's Privateers ("We'd cruise the seas for American gold...").

[@Canadiana]

If we could afford the rights we definitely would have used some Barrett's Privateers. A favourite of the team!

[@tinsley999]

lol, my thoughts exactly! As I was listening to the narration, my mind couldn't help but think about Stan's lyrics. Love that song, and this channel!

[@nz1229]

"I was told we'd sail the seas for American gold we'd fire no guns" Stan Rogers lyrics now make sense to me after this fascinating video.

[@lpeterson2336]

When I was a kid in the 70s that skull was on display in the museum on Citadel Hill. It was the scariest but my favorite part of the military history. It was in a small glass window diorama with a background painting of the gibet at Black Rock. The museum no longer has any sign of the pirate era. Sad.

[@nozecone]

Yes, I remember that. Disappointed now to learn that he wasn't really much of a 'pirate' ....

[@explore_off_road]

You guys do some REALLY COOL historical stories. A Canadian history that we don't ever get to hear. Maybe we have, I'm just now at an age that I pay attention? Awesome stuff. I think I need to be a Patreon so you guys keep it up. And I too have posted links on my Facebook page to help it catch on. Some awesome stuff, I spent the last few mornings watching (episodes).

[@tracydee1857]

One of my favorite channels

[@marklittle8805]

I just returned from Halifax. Saw lots of history, not much about pirates . Loathsome Ned Lowe needs to be remembered.....

[@larrya.boyd.6784]

Love Love Love ever need an ol roadie that travels and works cheap let me know... what an adventure history is... especially Canadiana... My Ancestory is Irish from Famine.. Southern QC to born in 68 Ottawa....

[@EDMDoc]

You should see some old dolls get uptight when I would mention CIBC was founded by a privateer. His bank was the biggest fish in the tank in the mergers. Halifax was a haven for pirates from as far back as my families presence in Halifax in the 1600's. Then came American prohibition. That was another payday for us Maritimers. All those bottles of Seagram's washing up on Enoch Thompsons beaches in New Jersey didn't fall out of the sky from Toronto...lol.

[@nozecone]

I used to wonder where all those old mansions in little fishing villages came from - invariably the answer would be, "It was built by a sea-captain" ... !

[@QuestforaMeaningfulLife]

Quality Canadian history content. I look forward to more.

[@jcurrie39]

This came up in my feed this morning. What a great day! I have watched three of these fantastic episodes. Very well done. Am signing up as a Patreon supporter. I wish they taught this history in school, it would make it a lot more interesting and hopefully spark more interest in our varied and fantastic Canadian history.

[@Canadiana]

Thank you so much for the support and vindication! We hope you enjoy the rest of the season!

[@brentfellers9632]

🇨🇦 now I understand Canadian banking fees! 🇨🇦

[@Glen_lastname]

What about Barrett's privateers? I was told they cruise the seas for American gold they'd fire no guns, shed no tears, but now the last of them is a broken man on a Halifax pier.

[@AlainMcInnis]

awesome, thanks for the hard work to put it all together...

[@herzogsbuick]

...this has 12k views...i think youtube's algorithm is having issues with decimal places, i've watched quite a few of these and they're absolutely exceptional

[@jeremiemonette]

Omg dude, I already liked you because of this channel and the work you put into it, but you going to Christian's for your Screech-in tops the cake. There is only ever one pub I recommend for Screech-ins, and that is Christian's. And if your ceremony was officiated by Keith Vokey, you scored an absolute 100%. Is you a Newfoundlander, me son?

[@Boucher77]

Awesome video, thank you!

[@m1sterpunch]

From Halifax and I did not know anything about the Halifax Banking Co.

[@noodlyappendage6729]

So cool! I was there not long ago!! I went to a pub in those warehouses!

[@AmokCanuck]

Hey at least Ned low seasoned the ears. Great video as always thanks Canadiana

[@aaronstanley6914]

Seasoning does nothing. Ears are cartilage with a thin layer of skin. You'd need need to brind them like they do with pig ears in china to make them atleast chewable.

[@blaircolquhoun7780]

Interesting video. One of the American pirates who was the bane of Canada was Dixie Bull.

[@X-Prime123]

This should have been what we learned in high school, but we never did. You could do a video about what happened to all these fortunes, I'm sure not all of them founded banks.

[@Chaosandcoatimundis]

I always wondered what types of characters were hung on gibbits hill in St. John’s near signal hill. I guess they may have been pirates as well.

[@AndrewSzeto]

Thanks!

[@Canadiana]

Thank you!

[@OldSlimJolo]

In hindsight 'Loathsome' actually seems like a bit of a generous title for the guy

[@rickrayn]

Kissing the cod is way better than the Sourtoe Cocktail in the Yukon.

[@Canadiana]

We've been fortunate to do both and could not choose between the two! Both are extremely unique and great fun.

[@fraserhenderson7839]

@@Canadiana well sure...but it's harder to swallow the cod...

[@nozecone]

1) 9:08 "their wretched schooner" - why "wretched"?; 2) It would be worth mentioning that the Louisbourg we see now is a reconstruction.

[@johniversen7067]

There's plenty of oppourtunity to make a movie out of any of the documentaries that you make, and I think they would do very well.

[@MarkTrav1982]

Just amazing.

[@derkaderkajihadderka]

Whew, that ending. Beautiful. It all makes me wonder if their was ever piracy on the west coast too. Perhaps some privateers? Though perhaps even that period was too early for the west coast.

[@nozecone]

See 'The Sea Wolf' by Jack London, its anti-hero based on a Cape Breton captain in the Pacific.

[@michellekavanagh2053]

I have a bottle of screech in my cupboard. Must try it

[@H3RMXS]

In the Black Sails TV series, they seem to relate that Ned Low was beheaded in Nassau by Charles Vane in a brothel/bar with many witnesses. I don't know if that's the truth or if they used the fact that no one knows what happened to him to make up his death.

[@martinlacouline2049]

That was EPIC. I think it's the right word.

[@yetikings]

This is so awesome! Do you have a link to Part 1? Did you make this yourself? Edit: Just found it!

[@Canadiana]

Sorry about that! We linked to Part 1 in a pinned comment. Our first time doing a two-parter! The series is produced by a team of 3 people (4 when we can afford the extra help). Thanks for watching!

[@fireandicewine]

Another good episode.

[@maxympatenaude138]

Thank you !!

[@kleinjahr]

As most of the time the loot they got was not heaps of gold and silver, but rather marketable goods. the pirates needed a shore based partner to dispose of such goods. Said partner would of course be an upstanding " honest" and well respected member of his community. Basically this is how many of the old money families got their start.

[@JoeRocket-sf6qs]

Bologna got nuttin to do with being screeched in,that's just cause u was hungry...😂

[@obsidiannnnn]

can't wait for more

[@dinsfire8489]

awesome channel y'all

[@mycrazylife1111]

I'm off to open an account with the pirate-founded bank now, have a good one :D

[@osmondvaude-mielsh6714]

Because of recent developments with Ukraine and the allied Nato forces. It's interesting to see a Canadian history of war and national defense. I'm from Kingston myself. A lot of what's going on makes me wonder how we would hypothetically defend our northern boarders if the Russian's keep advancing on our waters. I know that Fort henry was considered the most powerful naval base in the world at one point. But I always felt like my hometown had a very sad history to it. It really kind of stands in the shadow of Ottawa.

[@bradwood8101]

AWESOME

[@mikehunt8375]

The Government sure doesnt like competition...

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

What is the name of the music you use?

[@therealjeo]

Had the same question! Is there any way we can get the credits on who made the music used in this? Loved the video

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

@therealjeo well, if you have the shazam app on your phone ( if you are using your phone) you might have some luck. I Haven't tried that yet

[@treebush]

now that is some neat history, im surprise we dont tell people about lol

[@michelbisson6645]

Thanks

[@chrisforsyth8323]

Thank you.

[@michelbisson6645]

What about d Iberville

[@LoneHowler]

I got screeched in at the same place

[@Game_Hero]

Who where these mikmaq pirates? And during which years were they active?

[@p4p3rm4t3]

Great question. They probably should have elaborated on that point with a citation. I don't doubt that it has one, but I want to know it. Perhaps they will add an annotation citation, or reply here with it.

[@Canadiana]

We will elaborate within a day or two on this point. We are currently on the road filming another episode so do not have access to our sources/research at the moment. We will edit this reply with further information and further reading options! And we will cram a note in the video's description when home.

[@Canadiana]

Sorry for the delay. Looking back over our notes, the time period we researched on this point was the Golden Age of Piracy (about 1650-1730). We assume Mi'kmaq raiding wasn't contained to just that time period. This is a summary straight from our notes: Essentially they were pirates, but not for riches: for defense and bargaining power. Mi’kmaq tended to use the smaller sloops they stole and would raid, capture, and ransom to protect their territory. It got to the point that Mi’kmaq were ruling the seas where they lived in large numbers, confining British and French settlements to specific zones. They used raids to limit Euro expansion, redress grievances, and reinforce treaty demands. They captured 80 ships from Massachusetts to Newfoundland prior to 1760. They easily mastered Euro tech and really liked the single masted Shallops. They waged all-out war against New Englanders at times, since they had tried to conquer their territory. Apparently they’d trick them into thinking they were a small fishing boat and then come abroad shouting “Strike English dogs, and come aboard, for you are all prisoners" (we attempted depicting this in that map animation.) Europeans claimed Mi’kmaq attacks were barbarous and violent, but they were not unusual from typical buccaneers. One time, in 1715, a British ship was captured, a captain ransomed, and he came back saying “The Indians say ye lands are theirs and they can make war and peace when they please.” They were so effective at limiting Euro expansion that the governor of Nova Scotia couldn’t even complete a survey of potential expansion lands because his survey sloop was always being used to fight the Mi’kmaq. A lasting peace was achieved with British in 1760. Mi’kmaq “pirates” were always punished more severely than Euro ones. A lot of that information comes from the works of Dan Conlin, the pre-eminent North Atlantic historian. He's written multiple books on the Pirate Age, and we followed along with his Further Reading recommendations as well.

[@Game_Hero]

@@Canadiana Did they attack Acadians?

[@Canadiana]

@@Game_Hero I'm afraid we haven't covered enough of that relationship in our researching to make anything but a semi-educated guess. A future episode includes a closer look at Acadian history (though we hope to one day make a massive episode specifically about the subject and people--a very ambitious one). Our loose guess, having not properly researched it, is that Mi'kmaq 'raiders' focused their attention on the English colonial powers for the most part, but could have directed their attacks towards French colonial forces to deal with the grievances which came when the French authorities weren't recognizing their territorial sovereignty (it sounds as though taking colonial ships was a bargaining chip at times). Whether common Acadians were in the crossfire, we have no idea, but it seems sort-of doubtful considering their alliances with them. We went down many paths when putting these two episodes together, but would like to go farther down this one in the future.

[@warmonger8799]

AWESOME ❤🤍

[@teaburg]

OHmigosh! CIBC!

[@somedude6161]

The Dread Pirate Roberts?

[@Steve-mz7np]

Louisbourg had a huge fault, the boys used seawater to mix the mortar the walls didn’t hold up well against the artillery of the day.

I would like to have something on women pirate in Canada like Maria Lindsey Cobham. Too, I think that french canadian pirates could be great like Robert Chevalier !

[@Canadiana]

We definitely aren't done with pirates by any means! We have an entire episode planned (next season) about a different Pirate Queen from Maria Cobham (from the Thousand Islands area). And we'd love to make an episode about francophone pirates. We actually originally conceived this episode as being entirely about Maria Cobham. However, through researching her tale, it became evident that the current outlook from historians is that she may not have existed, or at least that all of the tales about her and her partner were myths formed many years after they were supposed to have sailed the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Cobhams fell into the same realm as the pirate ghosts, so we turned our attention elsewhere. Thanks for watching!

[@TheJoshuamcginley]

It's lame that you didn't mention New Brunswick at all.

[@Canadiana]

We apologize, this is not our last pirate-focused episode. There are too many stories to cover. Consider it a foundation. However, you can expect to find New Brunswick front-and-centre in a future couple of episodes this season!

[@durwinpocha2488]

a city building gold baron he was,,, a battle to control all the gold it was. Truly evil times, just like today.

[@markgolden1418]

Buddies gonna kiss the cod

[@lesliemartin7061]

When I was made a honourary Newf, I had tonwear the fish around my neck for a day. Drink a glass of cod liver oil. Then finish off a whole bottle of Screech!

[@Canadiana]

:o that's wild!

[@johnstewart7362]

Ohhhh.... The year was 1778..

[@Peepjouster27]

Wouldn't really say "helped to WIN the war", it was a draw.

[@cm4099]

C M Britain won the war?? Really? Sure it wasn't a stalemate - ending in an agreement to just forget it ever happened and go back to the pre-war status quo?? Hmmmm