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FRASER, SIMON
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or “Maître Abraham”)
LAURIER, Sir WILFRID (baptized Henry-Charles-Wilfrid)
BRÛLÉ, ÉTIENNE
FROBISHER, SIR MARTIN
GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin)
TRUDEAU, PIERRE ELLIOTT
BELANEY, ARCHIBALD STANSFELD, known as Grey Owl and Wa-sha-quon-asin
HÉBERT, LOUIS
ST-LAURENT, LOUIS-STEPHEN (baptized Louis-Étienne)
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85)
CORTE-REAL, GASPAR
BROCK, Sir ISAAC
FLEMING, Sir SANDFORD
RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT
PEARSON, LESTER BOWLES
McDOUGALL, WILLIAM
CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE, PAUL DE
MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON
CHAUVIN DE TONNETUIT, PIERRE DE
HALL, WILLIAM (1829-1904)
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