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- ↑ Portrait of Whitford Julian VanDusen. University of British Columbia library. Retrieved on January 2, 2011.
- ↑ The history of Metropolitan Vancouver. Retrieved on January 2, 2011
- ↑ History. Vancouver Foundation. Retrieved on January 2, 2011
- ↑ About us. VanDusen Botanical Garden. Retrieved on January 2, 2011
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