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SHADD, MARY ANN CAMBERTON
COLES, GEORGE
LAURIER, Sir WILFRID (baptized Henry-Charles-Wilfrid)
JOLLIET, LOUIS
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or “Maître Abraham”)
HALL, WILLIAM (1829-1904)
SMITH, DONALD ALEXANDER, 1st Baron STRATHCONA and MOUNT ROYAL
MISTAHIMASKWA (Big Bear, Gros Ours)
TRUDEAU, PIERRE ELLIOTT
HÉBERT, LOUIS
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WARE, JOHN
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