<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> Frontier is a Canadian - American historical drama television series co-created by Brad Peyton, Rob Blackie, and Peter Blackie, chronicling the North American fur trade of the 1700s . The series is co-produced by Discovery Channel (Canada) (as the channel's first original scripted commission) and Netflix . On October 25, 2016, Frontier was renewed for a second season . The series premiered on November 6, 2016, on Discovery Channel Canada and was shot in 4K . The second season aired all episodes on Netflix on November 24, 2017 . The series was renewed for a third season . Season 3 will air all six episodes on Netflix on November 23, 2018 . </P> <P> The series follows Declan Harp (Jason Momoa), a part - Irish, part - Cree outlaw who is campaigning to breach the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly on the fur trade in Canada . </P>

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