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CYR, LOUIS
JARRET DE VERCHÈRES, MARIE-MADELEINE
BOURASSA, HENRI
PAPINEAU, LOUIS-JOSEPH
BESSETTE, ALFRED, dit frère André
AUBERT DE GASPÉ, PHILIPPE-JOSEPH
HÉBERT, LOUIS
GUYART, MARIE, de l’Incarnation
LA CROIX DE CHEVRIÈRES DE SAINT-VALLIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE DE
LÉVIS, FRANÇOIS DE, duc de LÉVIS
SARRAZIN, MICHEL
COOK, JAMES
LE MOYNE D’IBERVILLE ET D’ARDILLIÈRES, PIERRE
LE MAY, PAMPHILE
LA ROCQUE DE ROBERVAL, JEAN-FRANÇOIS DE
TACHÉ, EUGÈNE-ÉTIENNE
RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT
LA FONTAINE, sir LOUIS-HIPPOLYTE
BUADE, LOUIS DE, comte de FRONTENAC et de PALLUAU
LAURIER, sir WILFRID
MACKENZIE, sir ALEXANDER
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