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- ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Pearse Islands"
- ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Cormorant Channel Marine Park"
- ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kuldekuma 7 (Indian reserve)"
- ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kuldekuma Island"
- ↑ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Reserve/Settlement/Village Detail
- ↑ British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history, Captain John T. Walbran, Ottawa, 1909, quoted in BC Names"
50°35′06″N126°51′54″W / 50.58500°N 126.86500°W
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