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- ↑ "Development of Snow Sports on Hollyburn Mountain". HollyburnHeritageSociety.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ↑ Women on Ice: The Early Years of Women's Hockey in Western Canada, Wayne Norton, p.102, Ronsdale Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55380-073-6
- ↑ Women on Ice: The Early Years of Women's Hockey in Western Canada, Wayne Norton, p.103, Ronsdale Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55380-073-6
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