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BENNETT, RICHARD BEDFORD, 1st Viscount BENNETT
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SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES
FRASER, SIMON
CARTIER, JACQUES (1491-1557)
ABBOTT, ANDERSON RUFFIN
CARTIER, Sir GEORGE-ÉTIENNE
SHADD, ALFRED SCHMITZ
MOWAT, Sir OLIVER
JOHNSON, EMILY PAULINE
BROWN, GEORGE
HENDERSON, ALEXANDER (1831-1913)
HENDAY, ANTHONY
LACOMBE, ALBERT
VAN HORNE, Sir WILLIAM CORNELIUS
TILLEY, Sir SAMUEL LEONARD
MURRAY, JAMES
SHEA, Sir AMBROSE
PALMER, EDWARD
NICOLLET DE BELLEBORNE, JEAN
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Minor Correction ALLARD DE SAINTE-MARIE, JEAN-JOSEPH D’
New Biography BLACK, WILLIAM ANDERSON
Minor Correction VIENNAY-PACHOT, FRANÇOIS
New Biography GODBOUT, ADÉLARD (baptized Joseph-Adélard) (J.-Adélard)
Minor Correction McKIERNAN, CHARLES, Joe Beef
New Biography FALLON, MICHAEL FRANCIS
Minor Correction AVAUGOUR, LOUIS D’
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