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CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE
JENNINGS, EMILY HOWARD
JACQUELIN, FRANÇOISE-MARIE
RICHARD, MAURICE, known as the Rocket
MEMBERTOU (baptized Henri)
SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES
CARTIER, JACQUES (1491-1557)
GRANT, CUTHBERT (d. 1854)
MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON
COLES, GEORGE
GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin)
MONTCALM, LOUIS-JOSEPH DE, Marquis de MONTCALM
TALON, JEAN
FRASER, SIMON
CYR, LOUIS
BROWN, GEORGE
BELANEY, ARCHIBALD STANSFELD, known as Grey Owl and Wa-sha-quon-asin
DIEFENBAKER, JOHN GEORGE
HUBBARD, MABEL GARDINER (Bell)
SWAN, ANNA HAINING
PĪTIKWAHANAPIWĪYIN (Poundmaker)
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