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DOLLARD DES ORMEAUX (Daulat, Daulac), ADAM
LE FEBVRE DE LA BARRE, JOSEPH-ANTOINE
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or “Maître Abraham”)
MONTCALM, LOUIS-JOSEPH DE, Marquis de MONTCALM
CARLETON, GUY, 1st Baron DORCHESTER
LAURIER, Sir WILFRID (baptized Henry-Charles-Wilfrid)
DUPLESSIS, MAURICE LE NOBLET
MANCE, JEANNE
McCULLY, JONATHAN
JOHNSON, EMILY PAULINE
PONTIAC
COLES, GEORGE
TALON (Talon Du Quesnoy), JEAN
MACKENZIE, Sir ALEXANDER
RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT
LE MOYNE DE BIENVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE
WOLFE, JAMES
RICHARD, MAURICE, known as the Rocket
SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES
ABBOTT, ANDERSON RUFFIN
CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE, PAUL DE
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