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DUPLESSIS, MAURICE LE NOBLET
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CORTE-REAL, GASPAR
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85)
BROWN, GEORGE
CYR, LOUIS
BUADE, LOUIS DE, Comte de FRONTENAC et de PALLUAU
PEARSON, LESTER BOWLES
BRÛLÉ, ÉTIENNE
HUBBARD, MABEL GARDINER (Bell)
CHAUVIN DE TONNETUIT, PIERRE DE
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CABOT, SEBASTIAN
MANCE, JEANNE
BORDEN, Sir ROBERT LAIRD
JOHNSON, EMILY PAULINE
DUMONT, GABRIEL
TRUDEAU, PIERRE ELLIOTT
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