Heartland is a Canadian television drama

Drama

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 series which debuted on CBC Television

CBC Television

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 on October 14, 2007. The series is loosely based on the Heartland books by Lauren Brooke

Lauren Brooke

For TNA Wrestling's Lauren Brooke, see Lauren Brooke Lauren Brooke is the author of two series of books targeted at pre-adolescent girls who are horse fanciers, the Heartland and Chestnut Hill series....

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Set against the vistas of the Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

 Rocky Mountains, Heartland is a family drama following sisters Amy and Lou Fleming and their grandfather Jack Bartlett through the highs and lows of life on a horse ranch. Amy and Lou's mother was killed in a car accident.