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BUADE, LOUIS DE, Comte de FRONTENAC et de PALLUAU
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JOLLIET, LOUIS
BELANEY, ARCHIBALD STANSFELD, known as Grey Owl and Wa-sha-quon-asin
BRÉBEUF, JEAN DE (Échon)
KING, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
TILLEY, Sir SAMUEL LEONARD
ST-LAURENT, LOUIS-STEPHEN (baptized Louis-Étienne)
McDOUGALL, WILLIAM
GRANT, CUTHBERT (d. 1854)
JARRET DE VERCHÈRES, MARIE-MADELEINE
SWAN, ANNA HAINING
BORDEN, Sir ROBERT LAIRD
HÉBERT, LOUIS
RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT
CARTIER, Sir GEORGE-ÉTIENNE
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