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- ↑ "Fiche d'un bâtiment: Édifice de la London and Lancashire Life". Old Montreal Web site. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
- ↑ "London and Lancashire Life Assurance Company, Office Building(4/1898-4/1899)". Canadian Architecture Collection. McGill University. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
