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CURRIE, Sir ARTHUR WILLIAM
GOWANLOCK, JENNY KIDD (Trout)
FROBISHER, SIR MARTIN
CARTIER, JACQUES (1491-1557)
CARTER, Sir FREDERIC BOWKER TERRINGTON
BELANEY, ARCHIBALD STANSFELD, known as Grey Owl and Wa-sha-quon-asin
STARKMAN, BESHA (Tobin)
PEARSON, LESTER BOWLES
JOLLIET, LOUIS
TRUDEAU, PIERRE ELLIOTT
INGERSOLL, LAURA (Secord)
CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE
JOHNSON, EMILY PAULINE
GRANT, CUTHBERT (d. 1854)
HOWE, JOSEPH
RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT
GALT, Sir ALEXANDER TILLOCH
CAMPBELL, Sir ALEXANDER
MACKENZIE, Sir ALEXANDER
DUMONT, GABRIEL
RICHARD, MAURICE, known as the Rocket
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Minor Corrections ROBINAU DE VILLEBON, JOSEPH
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