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- ↑ "The History of the Atlantic Pilotage Authority". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. October 20, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ↑ Maybee, Janet (October 16, 2015). Aftershock: The Halifax Explosion and the Persecution of Pilot Francis Mackey. Nimbus+ORM. ISBN 978-1-77108-345-4.
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