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- ↑ Flying Post (Ontario) Hudson's Bay Company Archives
- ↑ Report of E.B. Borron, Stipendiary Magistrate, on Part of the Basin of Hudson's Bay Belonging to the Province of Ontario. Borron, E. B. (Edward Barnes). Printed by C.B. Robinson, by order of the Legislative Assembly, 1883
- ↑ Mitchell, Elaine Allan (1977). Fort Timiskaming and the Fur Trade. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 1487586531.
- ↑ Wabun First Nation Profiles Archived 2012-02-15 at the Wayback Machine , Wabun Tribal Council
- ↑ First Nation Detail - Flying Post Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
- ↑ First Nation Connectivity Profile - Flying Post Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Aboriginal Canada Profile
- ↑ "Flying Post 73". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ Our History, Flying Post First Nation (flyingpost.ca)