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- ↑ "City of Edmonton - Neighbourhoods (Map View)". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "Cannell". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
- ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 29.
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