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SWAN, ANNA HAINING
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SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES
GRANT, CUTHBERT (d. 1854)
GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin)
HEARNE, SAMUEL
BRÛLÉ, ÉTIENNE
DUGUA DE MONTS (Du Gua, de Mons), PIERRE
CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE, PAUL DE
FROBISHER, SIR MARTIN
JARRET DE VERCHÈRES, MARIE-MADELEINE
SCOTT, THOMAS (d. 1870)
HOWE, JOSEPH
DOUGLAS, Sir JAMES
CARTIER, Sir GEORGE-ÉTIENNE
DUMONT, GABRIEL
McGEE, THOMAS D’ARCY
GAULTIER DE VARENNES ET DE LA VÉRENDRYE, PIERRE
VAN HORNE, Sir WILLIAM CORNELIUS
PAPINEAU, LOUIS-JOSEPH
CURRIE, Sir ARTHUR WILLIAM
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