John Henry

male, deceased (1853)
John Henry (c. 1776 - 1853), was a spy and adventurer of mysterious origins. It is reputed that he was born in Dublin, Ireland, probably between...
Chief Pontiac

Chief Pontiac

male, deceased (1769)
Pontiac or Obwandiyag, was an Ottawa leader who became famous for his role in Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–1766), an American Indian struggle ag...
Gabriel Dumont

Gabriel Dumont

male, deceased (1906)
Gabriel Dumont was a leader of the Métis people of what is now western Canada. In 1873 Dumont was elected to the presidency of the short-lived c...
Charles Ora Card

Charles Ora Card

male, deceased (1906)
Charles Ora Card, founded the town of Cardston, Alberta in 1887, as the first Mormon settlement in Canada, under the direction of John Taylor. This...
William Henry Draper

William Henry Draper

male, deceased (1877)
William Henry Draper (March 11 1801 - November 3 1877) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West. He was born near...

John Stuart

male, deceased (1847)
John Stuart (12 September 1780 - 14 January 1847) was a nineteenth century Canadian fur trader and explorer, employed by the North West Company....
Albert Lacombe

Albert Lacombe

male, deceased (1916)
Albert Lacombe (28 February, 1827 - 12 December, 1916), commonly known in Alberta simply as Father Lacombe, was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic...
Marie-Anne Gaboury

Marie-Anne Gaboury

female, deceased (1875)
Marie-Anne Lagimodière, née Gaboury was a French-Canadian woman noted as both the grandmother of Louis Riel, and as the first woman of European de...