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- 1 2 Scholefield, Ethelbert O. S.; Howay, Frederic William (1914). British Columbia from the earliest times to the present. Vol. 4. pp. 30–31.
- ↑ Kidd, Thomas (2007). "History of Lulu Island and Occasional Poems" (PDF). City of Richmond. p. 3. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
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