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MACKENZIE, Sir ALEXANDER
BESSETTE, ALFRED, named Brother André
HÉBERT, LOUIS
CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT
HENDAY, ANTHONY
GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin)
PĪTIKWAHANAPIWĪYIN (Poundmaker)
CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE
WILSON, EDWARD ARTHUR (Brother XII; The Brother, XII; Brother Twelve; Amiel de Valdes)
CABOT, JOHN
SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES
DIEFENBAKER, JOHN GEORGE
MEMBERTOU (baptized Henri)
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or “Maître Abraham”)
VAN HORNE, Sir WILLIAM CORNELIUS
MONTGOMERY, LUCY MAUD (Macdonald)
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85)
KING, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
DUMONT, GABRIEL
CABOT, SEBASTIAN
LAURIER, Sir WILFRID (baptized Henry-Charles-Wilfrid)
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