Samuel de Champlain
explorer; founder of Quebec
Louis Joliet
co-explorer of the Mississippi River
René-Robert Cavelier,
Sieur de La Salle
the man who claimed the entire Mississippi River
drainage basin for France
Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur
d'Iberville
founder of the first permanent European
settlement in what is now Mississippi
Father Jacques Marquette
co-explorer of the Mississippi River
John George Diefenbaker
Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-1963
Judy Verlyn LaMarsh
Minister of National Health and Welfare,
Secretary of State
Sir John Alexander
Macdonald
the first Prime Minister of the Dominion of
Canada
Martin Brian Mulroney
Prime Minister of Canada, 1984-1993
Lester Bowles Pearson
diplomat, Prime Minister of Canada, and the only
Canadian ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
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