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1042:Dirty Birds
1003:Kate Beaton
200:Great Irish
196:same blight
158:An Drochaid
135:Mabou River
115:An Drochaid
111:Beinn Mhàbu
103:Nova Scotia
76:Nova Scotia
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1517:Categories
1320:2023-04-19
1296:2023-04-19
1271:2023-04-19
1093:2023-04-27
1069:References
1024:Seanchaidh
280:snowmobile
223:the fiddle
28:61°23′30″W
25:46°04′19″N
1495:Port Hood
1486:Port Hood
1427:Inverness
347:Geography
265:Inverness
257:coal mine
185:Bohuntine
150:Malabokek
74:Mabou in
1157:Archived
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766:Average
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756:(−11.2)
711:(−14.8)
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286:trail.
181:Tacksman
1490:Judique
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198:as the
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125:History
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