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LAVAL, FRANÇOIS DE
BELANEY, ARCHIBALD STANSFELD, known as Grey Owl and Wa-sha-quon-asin
TUPPER, Sir CHARLES
MOWAT, Sir OLIVER
HENDAY, ANTHONY
BOURGEOYS, MARGUERITE, dite du Saint-Sacrement
COUILLARD DE LESPINAY, GUILLAUME
BETHUNE, HENRY NORMAN
BRÉBEUF, JEAN DE (Échon)
McGEE, THOMAS D’ARCY
THOMPSON, DAVID (1770-1857)
BORDEN, Sir ROBERT LAIRD
BROWN, GEORGE
PEGUIS
SIMPSON, Sir GEORGE
MANCE, JEANNE
PĪTIKWAHANAPIWĪYIN (Poundmaker)
KING, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
FISHER, CHARLES
BRÛLÉ, ÉTIENNE
ABBOTT, ANDERSON RUFFIN
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