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- 1 2 3 Waterways of Burnaby (PDF), City of Burnaby Community Heritage Commission Environment and Social Planning Committee, 2019
- 1 2 3 Burnaby Heritage Creek Name Project (PDF), Community Heritage Commission, 6 February 1995