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Published:
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 3:00pm
Kenilworth Branch - Parking Lot Not Available

Due to a fence replacement, the parking lot will be unavailable from September 7-9. Nearby street parking is available, as is an HSR route. Thank you for your patience. 

Published:
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 2:00pm
Concession Branch - Construction Updates

Due to a glass door installation for the new Makerspace area, Concession Branch will close at 1 pm on Thursday, September 3. It is expected to reopen to its regular hours with limited services on Friday, September 4. Stay tuned for continual updates.

www.hpl.ca/concession

Published:
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 - 8:00am
Labour Day - All HPL Branches Closed

All HPL Branches are closed on Sunday, September 6 and Labour Day, Monday, September 7. Bookmobile is off the road. Extended Access is not available. Regular service hours resume on Tuesday, September 8. 

Published:
Monday, August 31, 2026 - 2:45pm
Barton Branch - Construction in Area

Please note that Milton Avenue at Barton Street is under construction. Access to the parking lot is limited. Nearby street parking is available and an HSR route out front. Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Monday, August 31, 2026 - 2:30pm
Print on the Go Currently Unavailable

The Print on the Go service is not working at all Branches. We aim to fix it as soon as possible.

Published:
Thursday, August 27, 2026 - 12:30pm
Delayed Openings and Closures

Due to Staff training, the following service modifications are planned.

  • Turner Park: Wednesday, September 2, Noon-1 pm Closure
  • Red Hill: Friday, September 18, Delayed Opening of 10 am
  • Central Library: Tuesday, September 29, Delayed Opening of 10 am

Visit www.hpl.ca/hours for open alternate locations.

Published:
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 2:00pm
Bookmobile Schedule Modifications for September

Bookmobile has the following schedule modifications for September: 

Please visit www.hpl.ca/bookmobile for updates on service modifications.

Tuesday, September 8                  

  • Strathcona - Cancelled 
  • McMaster - Cancelled 

Thursday, September 10              

  • Rockton and Millgrove visits moved to Saturdays (Starting September 12) 

Saturday, September 12               

  • Stoney Creek - Cancelled 
  • Riverdale - Cancelled 

Thursday, September 17       

  • Mohawk Gardens - Cancelled 
  • Meadowlands - Cancelled 

Friday, September 18             

  • Winona - Cancelled 
  • Queen Victoria - Cancelled
Published:
Monday, August 24, 2026 - 9:30am
Study Halls Pause for Summer Break

After Hours Study Hall is not available in July and August. Hours will resume Tuesday, September 8. www.hpl.ca/study-halls

Published:
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 - 3:00pm

War of 1812 - Collection Bibliography - L

Lamb, William Kaye 1904-
The Hero of Upper Canada(Sir Isaac Brock)
Toronto: Rous & Mann Press Ltd., 1962
28
RB B782L CESC

Lawson, Don
The War of 1812. America's Second War for Independence.
London: Abelard-Schuman Ltd., 1966
160
R971.034 LAW CESC

"Lest We Forget" Oliver Hazard Perry. The War of 1812. The Battle of Lake Erie. The Centennial Celebration.
Cleveland: n.p., 1912
10
R971.034 LES CESC

Letter from the Secretary of State to Mr. Monroe...
See
Tracts and Facts as to the War of 1812 (5)

A Letter to William Roscoe...
SEE
Tracts and Facts as to the War of 1812(2)

Letter of Marque
Blank but signed by James Monroe, Secretary of State. (2 pieces)
see
An Act Concerning Letters

Lewis, Charles Lee
The Romantic Decatur
By Charles Lee Lewis. United States Naval Academy
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
London: Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press., 1937
[14], 296
R359.0092 DECAT LEW CESC

Lighthall, William Douw 1857-1946
An Account of the Battle of Chateauguay being a Lecture Delivered at Ormstown, March 8th, 1889 by W.D. Lighthall, M.A. With some Local and Personal Notes by W. Patterson, M.A.
Montreal: W. Drysdale & Co., 1889
[Chateauguay Literary and Historical Society]
32
Gagnon I 2126; Watters pg. 624
R971.053 L627 CESC

Lindley, Harlow (ed.)
Captain Cushing in the War of 1812
Published by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.
Columbus, Ohio, 1944
133

(Lloyd, James)
Hon. Mr. Lloyd's Letter, On Impressments
4
R973.35 LLO CESC

Lossing, Benson J
The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812; or, Illustrations by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography Scenery, Relics, and traditions of the Last War for American Independence. By Benson J. Lossing. with several hundred engravings on wood, by Lossing and Barritt, Chiefly from original sketches by the author.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, 1869
1084
R971.034 LOS CESC

(Lowell, J)
Mr. Madison's War. A Dispassionate Inquiry into the Reasons alleged by Mr. Madison for declaring an Offensive and Ruinous War against Great-Britain. Together with some suggestions as to a Peaceable and Constitutional Mode of averting that Dreadful Calamity.
By a New-England Farmer
Boston: Printed by Russell and Cutler, 1812
61, [2]
Sabin 42452
[Copy lacks t.p.]

Lowell, John
Analysis of the Late Correspondence between Our Administration and Great Britain and France. With an Attempt to Shew What are the Real causes of the Failure of the Negociation. "Misera, dum cupit pacem, belli metu in bellum incidit" Florus. "Wretched administration! which, desiring peace, from a dastardly dread of war, plunged itself into the very war which it wished to avoid." "Cavendum slatem est, nequid fiat, quod prodat majorem favorem erga partem unam quam alteram, ne jesta detur parti unit de neutralitate non exacta servata, querela." "We should take care, that nothing by done which should shew more favour to one party than the other, lest we should give just cause of complaint that our neutrality is not observed."
New York: Printed for E. Sargeant, No. 39 Wall-street, 1809
56
Sabin 42443
R971.034 LOW CESC

Lowell, John
Perpetual War, The Policy of Mr. Madison. Being a candid Examination of his late message to congress, so far as respects the following topics...viz. The Pretended Negotiations for Peace... The Important and Interesting Subject of a Conscript Militia... and The Establishment of an immense standing army of Guards and Spies, Under the Name of a Local Volunteer Force. "Tum"Jacobus Madison secundum Praeses"...gravior remediis quam delicta erant, suarumque legum auctor idem, ac subversor quae armis tu ebatur, armis amisity." Taciti Annalium Lib. III Liberally Translated "Then James Madison, a second time President, adopted a remedy for the wrongs of our seamen, infinitely more injurious to them than the evils which they suffered...he ordered out the militia, in contempt of that very Constitution of which he was one of the principal framers. In short, whatever he attempted to vindicate by arms, by arms he lost." By a New-England Farmer
Author of a late pamphlet, entitled. "Mr. Madison's War."
Boston: Printed by Chester Stebbins, 1812.
119
TPL 6900; Sabin 42456
R973.521 LOW CESC

(Lowell, John)
Thoughts Upon the Conduct of Our Adminstration in relation Both to Great Britain and France, More Especially in Reference to the Late Negotiation, Concerning the Attack on the Chesapeake. By a Friend to Peace.
Boston: Printed at the Repertory Offices, 1808
28
R971.034 LOW CESC

Lucas, Charles Prestwood, Sir 1853-1931
The Canadian War of 1812
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1906
viii, 269
Thibeault 10153
R971.034 LUC CESC

Lundy's Lane
Drummond's Dispatch, Written from Lundy's Lane on the Next Day to the Governor General, as Commander of the Forces at Montreal.
n.p.,n.d.
4
R971.053 L972l CESC
R971.034 DRU CESC

Lundy's Lane Historical Society
A Brief Account of a Third Military Re-Interment at Lundy's Lane, Oct. 13th, 1899, with Notes, etc.
Niagara Falls, Ont.: Lundy's Lane Historical Society, 1899
12
R971.053 L972 m3 CESC

Lundy's Lane Historical Society
Military Re-Interment of Eleven Soldiers (of the 89th and 103rd Regiments), Killed in Battle at Lundy's Lane, July 25th, 1814. The Remains were discovered in a distant trench, Sept. 3rd, 1891 and were re-interred in Lundy's Lane cemetery at 2 P.M., Oct. 17th, 1891
Niagara Falls, Ont.: Lundy's Lane Historical Society, 1891
7
R971.053 L972m2 CESC

Lundy's Lane Historical Society
Military Re-Interment of Soldiers of 1814, found April 22nd, 1893 near Lundy's Lane July 25th, 1893
Niagara Falls, Ont.: Lundy's Lane Historical Society, 1893
7
R971.053 L972m CESC