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- ↑ "Fundy Island Gems" . Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for North Head, New Brunswick". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on March 13, 2014.
- ↑ Lee, Hermoine. Willa Cather: Double Lives. New York: Pantheon, 1989, p. 160.
- ↑ "Fundy Island Gems" . Retrieved March 13, 2013.
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