Please note that filming will take place nearby on the following dates.
May 18 – Filming Preparation (All Day)
May 19 – Filming (7am – 4pm), Concession Street (between Upper Wentworth and East 21st)
The accessible washroom at Greensville Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.
All HPL Branches are closed on Sunday, May 17. Bookmobile is off the road. Extended Access service is not available.
Regular service hours resume on Tuesday, May 19. Visit hpl.ca for our Virtual Branch.
All HPL Branches are closed on Monday, May 18. Bookmobile is off the road. Extended Access and Study Hall services are not available. Regular service hours resume on Tuesday, May 19.
Due to Driver availability, Bookmobile has the following schedule modifications for the month of May. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Wednesday, May 13:
Thursday, May 14:
Monday, May 18: All Bookmobile sites closed
Due to software maintenance, HPL library's catalogue, online services and library accounts will not be available between 8am and 7pm on Monday, May 18. Thank you for your patience.
Renovations are currently underway for the 2nd floor Central Children's Area. Programs are still being offered as scheduled and there is a temporary pop-up Children’s Area on the northeast side of the 2nd floor (near the Piano Room), including access to collections and train tables. Construction is expected to be completed by late Spring. Thank you for your patience during this time.
As of Monday, March 2, Sherwood Branch's 2nd floor is closed due to renovations. Makerspace, Children and Teen's collection are temporarily available on the 1st floor. All programs will be held in the basement program room. Renovations are expected to be completed in late Spring. Thank you for your patience.
Barclay, Captain
Agricultural Tour in the United States and Upper Canada, with Miscellaneous Notices
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1842 (630.97 ALL)
Campbell, Patrick
Travels in the Interior Inhabited Parts of North America in the Years 1791 and 1792
Edited by H.H. Langton
Toronto: Champlain Society, 1937 (917.1043 CAM)
Day, Samuel Phillips
English America: or Pictures of Canadian Places and People
London: T. Cautley Newby, 1864 (917.1044 DAY V.2)
Hall, Francis
Travels in Canada and the United States, in 1816 and 1817
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819 (917.104 HAL)
Hamilton Spectator, May 30, 1857
MacTaggart, John
Three Years in Canada: An Account of the Actual State of the Country in 1826-7-8
Comprehending Its Resources, Productions, Improvements, and Capabilities; and including Sketches of the State of Society, Advice to Emigrants, &c.
London: Henry Colburn, 1829 (917.1 M25)
Morris, William
Letters Sent Home, Out and Home Again by way of Canada and the United States; Or, What a Summer's Trip told me of the People and the Country of the Great West
London: Frederick Warne & Co., l857 (914.044 MOR)
Rowan, John J.
The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada . Some Experiences of An Old Country Settler. With Sketches of Canadian Life, Sporting Adventures, and Observations on the Forests and Fauna
London : Edward Stanford, 1876 (917.1 R782)
Rhys, Horton (Morton Price)
A Theatrical Trip for a Wager! Through Canada and the United States
London: Charles Dudley, 1861 (917.104 RHY)
Simcoe, Mrs. John Graves
The Diary of Mrs. Simcoe Wife of the First Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Upper Canada, 1792-6
With Notes and a Biography By J. Ross Robertson
Toronto: William Briggs, 1911 (971.3092 SIMCO)
Talbot, Edward Allen
Five Years Residence in the Canadas: including a Tour Through Part of The United States of America in the Year 1823
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1824 (917.1 TAL)
