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References
- ↑ "C.N. and C.P. Marine Service in Kelowna: Tug and Rail Barge History from a Kelowna Perspective" . Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ↑ Hatfield, Harley R. (1992). "Commercial Boats of the Okanagan". Okanagan history. Fifty-sixth report of the Okanagan Historical Society. pp. 20–33. Retrieved 2 Aug 2015.
- ↑ McKim, J. Claude (1984). "The Tug and Barge Service on Okanagan Lake". Forty-eighth annual report of the Okanagan Historical Society. p. 45. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ↑ Affleck, Edward L. Steamboating on the Columbia River System in British Columbia. Vancouver: Alexander Nicolls Press. 2002.