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- ↑ John Einarson (June 2012). "Manitoba's Mud Fest". Winnipeg Boomer.
- ↑ "Niverville Pop Festival". Manitoba Music Museum. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ↑ Brenda Sawatzky. "The Part of the Century: Marking 50 Years Since the Niverville Pop Festival". Niverville Citizen. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Lynne Derksen Oxygenator Fund". The Mennonite Mirror. March 1973.
- ↑ "Niverville Pop Festival". Vance Masters. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Deluge failed to dampen the fun at the 1970 Niverville Pop Festival". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ↑ Niverville Chamber of Commerce, "Niverville Area History Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine ".