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MOLSON, JOHN (1763-1836)
DESJARDINS, ALPHONSE (1854-1920)
CHARLEVOIX, PIERRE-FRANÇOIS-XAVIER DE
LACOSTE, MARIE (Gérin-Lajoie)
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-1885)
HÉMON, LOUIS
AUBERT DE GASPÉ, PHILIPPE-JOSEPH
WOLFE, JAMES
LAVAL, FRANÇOIS DE
GUYART, MARIE, dite de l’Incarnation (Martin)
BEAUPRÉ, ÉDOUARD, le géant Beaupré
LÉVESQUE, RENÉ
ODIN, HENRIETTE
LAMBTON, JOHN GEORGE, 1er comte de Durham
CRÉMAZIE, OCTAVE
BEAUGRAND, HONORÉ (baptisé Marie-Louis-Honoré)
CARTIER, JACQUES (1491-1557)
HUAULT DE MONTMAGNY, CHARLES (Onontio)
BOURASSA, HENRI
RIGAUD DE VAUDREUIL DE CAVAGNIAL, PIERRE DE, marquis de Vaudreuil
SWAN, ANNA HAINING
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