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- Jury, Elsie McLoed 1966 Begourat in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, Year of publication: 1966, revised edition: 1979 [1]
- "Begourat". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
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- ↑ Jury, Elsie McLeod. "Begourat". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved 17 April 2020.