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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Wisconsin Historic Properties" (PDF). Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ↑ Jane C. Busch (2008). "People and Places: A Human History of the Apostle Islands / Historic Resource Study of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore". p. 227.