BENEATH YOUR TOWN is a personalized documentary report on everything under it — the billion-year-old rock beneath your kitchen, the reason your town exists at all, what the ice did to your backyard, and the places nearby that vanished. Researched for your town alone, after you order.
At checkout you enter your town and province — and, if you like, how long your family has been in the area. That's everything we need.
Your report is assembled from public Canadian records — the national names database, geological survey maps, the oldest county atlases, archives and digitized newspapers. It doesn't exist until you order it. That is why it takes minutes, not seconds.
A 15+ page PDF in the channel's map style, usually within about 15 minutes. If your town's records need a human pass, it arrives within 24 hours instead — we'd rather be right than fast.
Seven sections, each built from a named public record — and each one about the ground you walk on every day.
The age and type of stone your house sits on — often older than complex life — and what that rock was worth to somebody, past or present.
The river crossing, harbour, pass, rail junction or mine that decided everything — and what came first: trail, water, rail or road.
The official record behind your town's name, the names it carried before, and the one nearby that outsiders always say wrong.
Moraines, old shorelines, vanished glacial lakes — including the feature you drive past daily without knowing what it is.
The nearest ghost town, drowned community or abandoned rail line within 50 km — and what still remains of it.
The earliest survey we can find — and the surnames written on it. If one of them is yours, your family predates the flag.
A documented local story that never made it into the town's story about itself — sourced, not folklore.
A full-page map in the channel's three-layer style, centred on your town, with the red zone marking what's hidden near you. Made to be printed and framed.
Nothing is pre-written. The research for your town starts when your order arrives.
Each section names its record — geological survey, names database, county atlas, archive. The last page lists them all.
If we got a fact about your town wrong, tell us. We check it, fix it, and resend the corrected report. That's how the channel works too.
Under every video, viewers tell us where they live and ask us to go deeper. This report is how we say yes to all of them.
A wrong fact about your own town is the one thing this product cannot afford. If we got something wrong, we fix it and resend the corrected report first. If it still isn't right, you get your money back — no forms, within 7 days of purchase.
One dispatch a month on what we found beneath a Canadian town — and first word when new report types launch. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.