This gripping, period drama follows the struggles of a group of settlers, as they cultivate the wild land they must colonize. Amidst harrowing conditions, a love triangle emerges. The innocent Donalda, her beloved Alexis, and Séraphin, the mayor’s son, fight emotion and environment while the local priest steps in to keep moral order and inspire hope for the settlers with plans for a national railroad. The stakes get higher as he believes that by developing the North, he might be able to stop the youth draining to the U.S. for work.