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DUMONT, GABRIEL
BOURGEOYS, MARGUERITE, dite du Saint-Sacrement
SWAN, ANNA HAINING
SHAWNADITHIT
MEMBERTOU (baptized Henri)
MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON
CARTIER, Sir GEORGE-ÉTIENNE
PALMER, EDWARD
MANCE, JEANNE
BROWN, GEORGE
JENNINGS, EMILY HOWARD (Stowe)
CARTIER, JACQUES (1491-1557)
WILSON, EDWARD ARTHUR (Brother XII; The Brother, XII; Brother Twelve; Amiel de Valdes)
LAURIER, Sir WILFRID (baptized Henry-Charles-Wilfrid)
PEARSON, LESTER BOWLES
MACDONALD, Sir JOHN ALEXANDER
TRUDEAU, PIERRE ELLIOTT
CABOT, SEBASTIAN
BELANEY, ARCHIBALD STANSFELD, known as Grey Owl and Wa-sha-quon-asin
WOLFE, JAMES
INGERSOLL, LAURA (Secord)
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