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- ↑ "Chungo Creek". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
- ↑ "Chungo Creek / Chungo Creek, Alberta, Canada, North America". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 34.
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