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VANCOUVER, GEORGE
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BUADE, LOUIS DE, Comte de FRONTENAC et de PALLUAU
BESSETTE, ALFRED, named Brother André
GRAY, JOHN HAMILTON, (1811-1887)
DUGUA DE MONTS (Du Gua, de Mons), PIERRE
MOWAT, Sir OLIVER
LAURIER, Sir WILFRID (baptized Henry-Charles-Wilfrid)
INGERSOLL, LAURA (Secord)
RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT
JOLLIET, LOUIS
CHAUVIN DE TONNETUIT, PIERRE DE
TRUDEAU, PIERRE ELLIOTT
TUPPER, Sir CHARLES
LAVAL, FRANÇOIS DE
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or “Maître Abraham”)
CARLETON, GUY, 1st Baron DORCHESTER
HALL, WILLIAM (1829-1904)
JARRET DE VERCHÈRES, MARIE-MADELEINE (Madeleine, Madelon) (Tarieu de La Pérade)
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