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JARRET DE VERCHÈRES, MARIE-MADELEINE (Madeleine, Madelon) (Tarieu de La Pérade)
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SCOTT, THOMAS (d. 1870)
KELSEY, HENRY
CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT
SHAWNADITHIT
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SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES
MURRAY, JAMES
PAPINEAU, LOUIS-JOSEPH
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DUPLESSIS, MAURICE LE NOBLET
BRÛLÉ, ÉTIENNE
BORDEN, Sir ROBERT LAIRD
BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM
SWAN, ANNA HAINING
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85)
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HÉBERT, LOUIS
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