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CHINIQUY, CHARLES
WOLFE, JAMES
AUBERT DE GASPÉ, PHILIPPE-JOSEPH
GUIBORD, JOSEPH
CYR, LOUIS
BOULLÉ, HÉLÈNE, dite de Saint-Augustin (Champlain)
CARLETON, GUY, 1er baron DORCHESTER
LAVAL, FRANÇOIS DE
INGERSOLL, LAURA (Secord)
ANGERS, FÉLICITÉ, dite Laure Conan
BOURGEOYS, MARGUERITE, dite du Saint-Sacrement
PROUVILLE DE TRACY, ALEXANDRE DE
ROY, GABRIELLE (Carbotte)
DOLLARD DES ORMEAUX (Daulat, Daulac), ADAM
BROSSARD, dit BEAUSOLEIL, JOSEPH
MANCE, JEANNE
MURRAY, JAMES
BEAUPRÉ, ÉDOUARD, le géant Beaupré
FOX, TERRANCE STANLEY (Terry Fox)
VERRAZZANO, GIOVANNI DA
COUILLARD DE LESPINAY, GUILLAUME
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