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CARTIER, JACQUES (1491-1557)
BRÛLÉ, ÉTIENNE
NICOLLET DE BELLEBORNE, JEAN
DOUGLAS, THOMAS, Baron DAER and SHORTCLEUCH, 5th Earl of SELKIRK
CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE
HALL, WILLIAM (1829-1904)
FROBISHER, SIR MARTIN
HUBBARD, MABEL GARDINER (Bell)
BORDEN, Sir ROBERT LAIRD
McCRAE, JOHN
JENNINGS, EMILY HOWARD
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MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON
TILLEY, Sir SAMUEL LEONARD
JARRET DE VERCHÈRES, MARIE-MADELEINE
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