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ROBERTSON, DANIEL
BESSETTE, ALFRED, named Brother André
CARTIER, JACQUES (1491-1557)
MOWAT, Sir OLIVER
LE MOYNE DE BIENVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE
RICHARD, MAURICE, known as the Rocket
TILLEY, Sir SAMUEL LEONARD
LANGEVIN, Sir HECTOR-LOUIS
CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT
BROWN, GEORGE
MACKENZIE, Sir ALEXANDER
McGEE, THOMAS D’ARCY
SHAWNADITHIT
VANCOUVER, GEORGE
MISTAHIMASKWA
BORDEN, Sir ROBERT LAIRD
McDOUGALL, WILLIAM
HENDERSON, ALEXANDER (1831-1913)
MOONEY, HELEN LETITIA (McCLUNG)
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or “Maître Abraham”)
POPE, WILLIAM HENRY
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Minor Correction ALLARD DE SAINTE-MARIE, JEAN-JOSEPH D’
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Minor Correction VIENNAY-PACHOT, FRANÇOIS
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Minor Correction McKIERNAN, CHARLES, Joe Beef
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Minor Correction AVAUGOUR, LOUIS D’
New Biography LABRECQUE, MICHEL-THOMAS (baptized Labreque)