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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- 1 2 Cox, Stephen; Spiess, Arthur (1984). NRHP nomination for Flye Point 2; redacted version available by request from the National Park Service
- ↑ Hrynick, M. Gabriel; Betts, Matthew W.; Black, David W. (2012). "A Late Maritime Woodland Period Dwelling Feature From Nova Scotia's South Shore: Evidence For Patterned Use of Domestic Space". Archaeology of Eastern North America (40): 1–25.
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