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COOK, JAMES
LE MAY, PAMPHILE
GUIBORD, JOSEPH
LESCARBOT, MARC
INGERSOLL, LAURA
MERCIER, HONORÉ
ALLOUEZ, CLAUDE
GAGNON, AURORE, Aurore l’enfant martyre
CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT
HERIOT, FREDERICK GEORGE
BUADE, LOUIS DE, comte de FRONTENAC et de PALLUAU
LAVAL, FRANÇOIS DE
MANCE, JEANNE
CARTIER, sir GEORGE-ÉTIENNE
LÉVIS, FRANÇOIS DE, duc de LÉVIS
JOLLIET, LOUIS
BESSETTE, ALFRED, dit frère André
MURRAY, JAMES
DUCHARME, DOMINIQUE
SAGARD, GABRIEL
NICOLLET DE BELLEBORNE, JEAN
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New Biography STEWART, WILLIAM SNODGRASS
New Biography TOEWS, ANNA (Toews)
New Biography PIERS, HARRY
New Biography DUBOIS, JEAN-BAPTISTE (baptized Joannes Baptista Alphonse)
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