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Canada
For France Jacques Cartier, claiming Canada for France at Gaspé in 1534, in a
Montreal newspaper rendition done in 1908. ID #10080 |
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Samuel
de Champlain Samuel de Champlain in Georgian Bay, c. 1615. Watercolour by J.D.
Kelly. ID #20057 |
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Samuel
de Champlain Trading Samuel de Champlain trading with Natives, early 17th
century.
Oil on board painting by C.W. Jefferys. ID #20049 |
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La
Salle at the Humber Robert Cavalier de La Salle, French fur-trade explorer, at the
mouth of the Humber River, future site of Toronto, Ontario, 1681. By G.A. Reid
(1860-1947). ID #20622 |
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Council
Fire An Iroquois council fire within a longhouse, in a 19th century rendition,
displaying the rough interior, central fire, and tree supports for the roof. ID #10040 |
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Martin
Frobisher Martin Frobisher, the English Elizabethan seaman and pioneer explorer of
far northern seas. ID #10104 |
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Alexander
Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie, a trader for the Montreal-based North West
Company,
in 1789 probed northward from Lake Athabaska to reach open Arctic water, and in 1793
journeyed west through the mountains to reach the Pacific. ID #21904 |
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Henry
Kelsey ID #21969 |
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