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- 1 2 "Nunavut Migratory Bird Sanctuary Facts". cws-scf.ec.gc.ca. Retrieved 2009-05-05.[ dead link ]
- ↑ "Baie Boatswain, Migratory Bird Sanctuary". mpaglobal.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ↑ "Baie Boatswain Migratory Bird Sanctuary". qc.ec.gc.ca. Archived from the original on April 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ↑ Fraser, Lauchlan H.; Paul A. Keddy (2005). The world's largest wetlands: ecology and conservation. Cambridge University Press. p. 136. ISBN 0-521-83404-X.
- ↑ "Boatswain Bay". bsc-eoc.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
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