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BROWN, GEORGE
CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT
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BRÛLÉ, ÉTIENNE
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VERRAZZANO, GIOVANNI DA
HUGHES, Sir SAMUEL
TALON, JEAN
BENNETT, RICHARD BEDFORD, 1st Viscount BENNETT
MANCE, JEANNE
DUMONT, GABRIEL
DIEFENBAKER, JOHN GEORGE
MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER
DAVIS, JOHN (d. 1605)
WOLFE, JAMES
MOWAT, Sir OLIVER
VANCOUVER, GEORGE
DORION, Sir ANTOINE-AIMÉ
McGEE, THOMAS D’ARCY
DOUGLAS, Sir JAMES
KING, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
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