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THOMPSON, DAVID (1770-1857)
VANCOUVER, GEORGE
BELANEY, ARCHIBALD STANSFELD, known as Grey Owl and Wa-sha-quon-asin
LAURIER, Sir WILFRID (baptized Henry-Charles-Wilfrid)
DUPLESSIS, MAURICE LE NOBLET
CYR, LOUIS
MACDONALD, Sir JOHN ALEXANDER
PEARSON, LESTER BOWLES
HOWE, JOSEPH
KING, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
GRANT, CUTHBERT (d. 1854)
KELSEY, HENRY
FRASER, SIMON
BRÉBEUF, JEAN DE (Échon)
SCOTT, THOMAS (d. 1870)
CHAUVIN DE TONNETUIT, PIERRE DE
CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT
GAULTIER DE VARENNES ET DE LA VÉRENDRYE, PIERRE
NICOLLET DE BELLEBORNE, JEAN
BUADE, LOUIS DE, Comte de FRONTENAC et de PALLUAU
FLEMING, Sir SANDFORD
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