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KING, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
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RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85)
CHAUVIGNY, MARIE-MADELEINE DE (Gruel de La Peltrie)
BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM
GEORGE, DAVID
MISTAHIMASKWA
HOWE, JOSEPH
LAURIER, Sir WILFRID (baptized Henry-Charles-Wilfrid)
MONTGOMERY, LUCY MAUD (Macdonald)
McDOUGALL, WILLIAM
BETHUNE, HENRY NORMAN
CABOT, JOHN
RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT
MURRAY, JAMES
CARTIER, Sir GEORGE-ÉTIENNE
BESSETTE, ALFRED, named Brother André
BUADE, LOUIS DE, Comte de FRONTENAC et de PALLUAU
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Minor Correction BARRY, ROBERTINE, Françoise
New Biography THORNTON, Sir HENRY WORTH
Minor Correction MERCIER, HONORÉ
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Minor Correction THEVET, ANDRÉ
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