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1539:Port Hardy
1534:Port Alice
1524:Parksville
1449:Lantzville
1399:Gold River
1359:Cumberland
1151:References
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85:scholar
1674:Yuquot
1669:Youbou
1624:Tofino
1614:Tahsis
1604:Sidney
1369:Duncan
1334:Coombs
1269:Bowser
1076:176.6
1029:180.4
977:(3.4)
972:(1.6)
967:(0.4)
962:(0.0)
957:(0.0)
952:(0.0)
947:(0.0)
942:(0.0)
937:(0.0)
932:(1.8)
927:(3.1)
922:(5.9)
768:(1.9)
763:(3.0)
758:(5.0)
713:(8.6)
708:(1.9)
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284:Canada
87:
80:
73:
66:
58:
1609:Sooke
1329:Comox
1294:Cedar
1073:18.0
1070:19.5
1067:17.9
1055:12.9
1052:14.3
1049:15.8
1046:18.1
1043:15.2
1040:18.2
1026:18.9
1023:20.0
1020:18.0
1008:12.9
1005:14.3
1002:15.8
999:18.5
996:15.9
993:19.5
905:215.9
900:228.4
895:152.9
860:139.3
855:144.2
850:182.0
835:224.5
830:232.6
825:153.8
790:143.9
785:151.9
780:196.9
766:−16.7
761:−16.1
756:−15.0
711:−13.0
706:−16.7
418:Year
92:JSTOR
78:books
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1196:2016
1123:7.4
1120:1.4
1117:1.0
1114:0.1
1111:0.0
1108:0.0
1105:0.0
1102:0.0
1099:0.0
1096:0.0
1093:1.0
1090:1.5
1087:2.3
1064:9.1
1061:8.6
1058:9.0
1017:9.1
1014:8.6
1011:9.0
980:40.9
920:14.9
890:48.9
885:39.0
880:36.4
875:54.7
870:64.6
865:87.2
820:48.9
815:39.0
810:36.4
805:54.7
800:64.6
795:87.2
751:−6.0
746:−1.1
726:−2.5
721:−3.3
716:−8.0
671:11.7
666:11.7
606:13.6
601:17.2
596:17.3
591:15.1
586:12.0
556:13.7
541:12.8
536:18.9
531:22.5
526:22.6
521:20.2
516:17.1
511:13.2
486:34.5
481:20.0
476:17.2
471:23.0
466:30.0
461:34.5
456:34.5
451:33.5
446:30.5
441:28.5
436:19.0
431:17.0
426:15.6
415:Dec
412:Nov
409:Oct
406:Sep
403:Aug
400:Jul
397:Jun
394:May
391:Apr
388:Mar
385:Feb
382:Jan
64:news
975:8.6
970:4.1
965:0.9
960:0.0
955:0.0
950:0.0
945:0.0
940:0.0
935:0.0
930:4.6
925:7.8
741:3.9
736:4.4
731:1.7
696:5.1
691:0.5
686:2.0
681:5.0
676:8.2
661:9.8
656:6.9
651:3.4
646:1.5
641:0.1
636:0.3
626:9.5
621:3.2
616:5.2
611:8.9
581:8.3
576:5.6
571:3.8
566:3.3
551:5.8
546:8.3
506:9.8
501:7.4
496:6.2
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