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- ↑ Collapsed Peace River Bridge Archived 2005-04-09 at the Wayback Machine History of the North Peace. URL accessed on 5 February 2006.
- ↑ Taylor's History District of Taylor. URL accessed on March 6, 2008.
- ↑ A Gallop through our Peace Region History Archived 2008-04-12 at the Wayback Machine URL accessed on March 6, 2008.