| Name | Date | Short Bio |
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Explorers |
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| Humphrey Gilbert | 1537-1583 |
Sea-faring adventurer. Founded the first English colony in Canada. |
| Martin Frobisher | 1535-1594 |
Explored much of Canada in seach of the Northwest Passage. Fought in the Armada. |
| John Davis | 1550-1605 |
British explorer who sought the Northwest Passage through Canada. |
| Henry Hudson | 1575-1611 |
Explorer who discovered Hudson Bay and other parts of North America. |
| Jacques Cartier | 1491-1557 |
Discovered the St. Lawrence Seaway and great lakes, while searching for Northwest Passage. |
| Pere Marquette | 1637-1675 |
French Missionary who explored the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes. |
| Rene La Salle | 1643-1687 |
Dauntless adventurer who followed the Mississippi to its mouth, and claimed all for France. |
| William Baffin | 1585-1622 |
Discovered Baffin Bay while on a quest to find the Northwest Passage. |
| George Vancouver | 1757-1798 |
Discovered Puget Sound, Vancouver Island, Columbia River; claimed region for Britain. |
| Alexander Mackenzie | 1764-1820 |
Discovered the Mackenzie River and Great Northern Lakes of Canada. |
French Heroes |
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| Samuel de Champlain | 1580-1635 |
Founded French colonies in the St. Lawrence seaway and great lake region. Father of 'New France.' |
| Count Frontenac | 1622-1698 |
Governor of New France from 1672 to 1698. Expanded fur trade, and fought with British. |
| Madeline de Vercheres | 1678-1747 |
Fended off a tribe of Indians attacking her for when she was only fourteen. |
| Daulac | 1635-1660 |
Led a group of volunteers form Montreal to ambush a force of Iroquois. The entire force was killed to a man. |
| Saint Isaac Jogues | 1607-1646 |
Heroic Jesuit missionary to Indians. Tortured by the Indians, but returned to preach the gospel. |
| General Montcalm | 1712-1759 |
Military leader of New France during the Seven Year War; died at Battle of Quebec. |
British Heroes |
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| General Braddock | 1695-1755 |
Led a disastrous campaign to Fort Duquesne (Ohio) during the French and Indian Wars. |
| General Wolfe | 1727-1759 |
Defeated the French at the Battle of Quebec, giving Canada to Britain. Died during battle. |
| Lord Durham | 1792-1840 |
Helped draft the Reform bill of 1832. Then recommended a form of self government for Canada. |
| Lord Selkirk | 1771-1820 |
Obtained a land grand near Red River valley and help poor Scottish pioneers settle there. |
| Laura Secord | 1775-1868 |
During War of 1812, warned a British Lieutenant of an impending surprise attack. |
Native Heroes |
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| Tecumseh | 1768-1813 |
Shawnee Hero. Tried to unify tribes against the colonists. Fought for Britain during War of 1812. |
| Louis Riel | 1844-1885 |
Leader of the Metis tribes of Manitoba and Saskatchewan who fought for their rights. |