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- 1 2 Toronto Ukrainian Genealogy Group. "The history of Ukrainians in Canada" . Retrieved April 6, 2008.
- ↑ Jones, David C. (1988). Building Beyond the Homestead. Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary Press. p. 31. ISBN 0-919813-07-0.
