Please note the following service changes.
Saturdays
Riverdale (150 Violet Drive): 11:15 am-12:15 pm (previously stopped on Tuesdays at 11 am-12 pm)
Discovery Centre (Pier 8, Seasonal): 2:30-4 pm (new time)
Bookmobile Service Modifications
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Bookmobile Stop:
Published:
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 10:00am
Terryberry Branch - Elevator Out of Order
The Branch is open today, Friday, January 9. Our elevator by the parking lot entrance is out of order.
To use our second elevator, enter through the Mohawk Road entrance (which features a ramp) and use the elevator located in the middle of the building. The estimated time of disruption is unknown. Thank you for your understanding.
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Published:
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 12:00am
Online Resources - Update
The following eResources have been recently discontinued in our HPL collections: Novelist, Summa, Summa Kids, and Northstar Digital Literacy. Please visit www.hpl.ca/articles/read-watch-listen for our full listing of online resources for your next read, watch, listen and/or learn.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 - 11:00am
Waterdown Branch Accessible Door Out of Order
The accessibility door at Waterdown Branch is not working. We aim to fix it quickly.
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Published:
Tuesday, December 30, 2025 - 12:00pm
Printing Updates
Daily print balances for black and white and colour printing change January 2, 2026. The new daily print balance is 40 cents. Members receive four free black and white copies or two free colour copies.
Large format and vinyl printing pricing also change on January 2. Visit https://www.hpl.ca/makerspaces for updates.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 2:00pm
Replacement and Damage Fees
Bring back your borrowed library items within 28 days to avoid a replacement or lost fee. We'll remove the fee when you bring back your overdue items.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Thursday, September 11, 2025 - 3:00pm
War of 1812 - Collection Bibliography - F
(Fairplay, Francis)
The Canadas As They Now Are. Comprehending a View of Their Climate, Rivers, Lakes, Canals, Government, Laws, Taxes, Towns, Trades, & c. with a Description of the Soil and Advantages or Disadvantages of Every Township in Each Province: Derived from the Reports of the Inspectors Made to the Justices at Quarter-Sessions, and from Other Authentic Sources, Assisted by Local Knowledge. With a Map, Showing the Position of Each Township, A Point of utmost Consequence to the Settler; Compiled without reference to the particular interest of any land company or association. By a Late Resident.
London: James Duncan, 37, Paternoster Row; Cross, Holborn; and Mann, Cornhill.
MDCCCXXXIII
xv, 116, map
R971.03 CAN CESC
Fay, Heman Allen(comp.) 1778-1865
Collection of the Official Accounts, in Detail, of all the Battles Fought by Sea and Land, between the Navy and Army of the United States, and the Navy and Army of Great Britain, During the Years 1812, 13, 14 & 15.
New York: E. Conrad, 1817
295
Howes 3488; Sabin 23940; TPL 1046
R971.034 COL CESC
Fessenden, Thomas Green
Some Thoughts on the Present Dispute...
SEE
Tracts and Facts as to the War of 1812(3)
Fidfaddy, Frederick Augustus (pseud.)
The Adventures of Uncle Sam, In Search After His Lost Honor. By Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq. Member of The Legion of Honor, Scratch-etary to Uncle Sam and Cousellor to Himself.
Taurum per caudum grabbo (Merino Latin)
Middletown, Conn.: Printed by Seth Richards, 1816
142
Howes 3535 "First book to symbolize the United States by the phrase "Uncle Sam"' Sabin 24260; TPL 1047
R971.053 F488 CESW
Fitzgibbon, Mary Agnes 1851-1915
A Veteran of 1812. The Life of James Fitzgibbon.
Toronto: William Briggs, 1894
viii, [9]-348
Gagnon II 794; Watters pg. 499
RB F577 CESC
Fitzgibbon, Mary Agnes 1851-1915
A Veteran of 1812. The Life of James Fitzgibbon.
Toronto: Coles Publishing co., 1970
336, 55
RB F577a CESC
Flint, James
A Discourse, Delivered in the Audience of His Excellency Caleb Strong, Esq. Governor, His Honor William Phillips, Esq. Lieutenant Governor. The Honorable Council, and the Two Branches of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. on the Anniversary Election, May 31, 1815. By James Flint, Minister of the Church in the East Parish of Bridgewater.
Boston: Printed by Russell, Cutler and Co. for Benjamin Russell...Printer to the State. 1815
31
Sabin 24773
R971.034 FLI CESC
Ford, Colonel Frederick Samuel Lampson 1869-
William Dunlop
Toronto; The Albert Brituel Book Show, 1934
60
Watters pg. 500
RB D9211 CESC
Franchere, Gabriel
Narrative of a Voyage to The Northwest Coast of American in the Years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific. By Gabriel Franchere. Translated and edited by J. V. Huntington.
New York: Redfield, 110 and 112 Nassau Street, 1854
[1], 376, [8]
Sabin 35432 "The author was one of the party sent out by Mr. Asher and this work is the basis of Washington Irving's "Astoria".
TPL 985
R917.12 F846n
Fraser, Alexander (ed.) 1860-1936
Brock Centenary 1812-1912. Account of the Celebration at Queenston Heights, Ontario, On the 12th October, 1912.
Second edition.
Toronto: Printed and published for the committee by William Briggs, 1913
96
Watters pg. 500
RB B782f CESC
Freed, Augustus Toplady 1835-1924
Address at the unveiling of a monument erected by the Barton Lodge, No. 6, G.R.C., A.F. & A.M., in the Province of Ontario to the late Wor. Bro. Capt. Wm. Johnston Kerr (The Victor for Beaver Dam, 1813) at St. Luke's Church, Burlington, Ontario, Sunday June 27th, 1909.
Hamilton (?), 1909
[3]-6
R971.034 F875 CESH
Fromentin, Eligius - 1822
Mr. Fromentin's motion
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1814
[4]
R328.10973 FRO CESC
Further papers relating to the War with America. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed, 13 February 1815.
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R971.034 FUR CESC
