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BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS-ANTOINE DE, comte de BOUGAINVILLE
MARCHAND, JOSÉPHINE (Dandurand)
COOK, JAMES
SARRAZIN, MICHEL
CYR, LOUIS
IRUMBERRY DE SALABERRY, CHARLES-MICHEL D’
PERROT, NICOLAS
JOLLIET, LOUIS
BOURGEOYS, MARGUERITE, dite du Saint-Sacrement
CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT
RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT
HÉBERT, LOUIS
LABELLE, FRANÇOIS-XAVIER-ANTOINE
LA FONTAINE, sir LOUIS-HIPPOLYTE
GARNEAU, FRANÇOIS-XAVIER
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-1885)
GUYART, MARIE, de l’Incarnation
NICOLLET DE BELLEBORNE, JEAN
JARRET DE VERCHÈRES, MARIE-MADELEINE
LE MOYNE D’IBERVILLE ET D’ARDILLIÈRES, PIERRE
BARBEL, MARIE-ANNE
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