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| La Salle, Robert Cavalier de | |||
| Robert
Cavalier de La Salle Robert Cavalier de La Salle, a key agent in French expansion,
in front of a map of fur-trade domains in North America, which he opened in the 1670s and
1680s. ID #10102 |
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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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| La
Salle at the Mississippi Robert Cavalier de La Salle at the mouth of the
Mississippi River in 1682, having traced the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico and adding
enormously to the French empire. By J.N. Marchland ID #20063 |
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| Postage
Stamp of La Salle Commemorative Canada postage stamp of Robert Cavalier de La
Salle. ID #21970 |
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| Laurent, St. | |||
| Louis
St. Laurent Louis St. Laurent (1882-1973), a distinguished lawyer from Quebec,
became federal Justice Minister in 1941, then External Affairs Minister, and finally Prime
Minister in 1948. ID #20965 |
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| United
Nations In May, 1945, St. Laurent and the Canadian delegation played a significant
role at the San Francisco Conference to establish the Charter of the United
Nations. ID #20969 |
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| Newfoundland
Welcome Canadian Prime Minister, Louis St. Laurent, reading the address of
welcome
at the main doorway to Parliament, to celebrate Newfoundland's entry into Canada, April,
1949. ID #20984 |
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| Canadian
Culture Prime Minister St. Laurent, accepting a copy from Vincent Massey,
Chairman
of the Massey Commission on Canadian Culture, 1951. ID #20998 |
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| St.
Lawrence Seaway Prime Minister St. Laurent, on the far right, with Thomas Dewey,
Governor of New York, and Ontario Premier Leslie Front, digging, at the breaking ground
ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway, August, 1955. ID #20996 |
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