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GRAY, JOHN HAMILTON, (1811-1887)
JOLLIET, LOUIS
BESSETTE, ALFRED, named Brother André
TRUDEAU, PIERRE ELLIOTT
DIEFENBAKER, JOHN GEORGE
GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin)
VANCOUVER, GEORGE
COLES, GEORGE
SWAN, ANNA HAINING
MACKENZIE, Sir ALEXANDER
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85)
MONTCALM, LOUIS-JOSEPH DE, Marquis de MONTCALM
CHANDLER, EDWARD BARRON
BOURGEOYS, MARGUERITE, dite du Saint-Sacrement
MOONEY, HELEN LETITIA (McCLUNG)
DONNACONA
CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT
MOLSON, JOHN (1763-1836)
NICOLLET DE BELLEBORNE, JEAN
KING, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
JENNINGS, EMILY HOWARD (Stowe)
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Minor Correction MOUNTAIN, JEHOSAPHAT
New Biography MEMBERTOU (baptized Henri)
Minor Correction McGEE, THOMAS D’ARCY
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