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- ↑ "Distressing Shipwrecks". The Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania). 18 June 1833.
- ↑ "Lady of the Lake - Lost May 11, 1833 - 265 Lost".
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- ↑ Baehre, Rainer (1999). Outrageous Seas: Shipwreck and Survival in the Waters Off Newfoundland, 1583-1893 McGill-Queens. p. 36.
- ↑ International Ice Patrol, United States Coast Guard History.
- 1 2 The Ship List, Ship Arrivals at the Port of Quebec, 1829 Archived 29 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 The Ship List, Ship Arrivals at the Port of Quebec, 1830 Archived 5 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 The Ship List, Ship Arrivals at the Port of Quebec, 1832 Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
