Valley Park Community Centre Closure

From March 23 until April 12, Valley Park Community Centre will be closed for renovations, reopening April 13. Pool and changerooms will remain closed until early summer 2026. 

Valley Park Branch will remain open during the renovations for your library needs.

www.hpl.ca/valley-park

Published:
Friday, February 27, 2026 - 11:00am
Carlisle Branch - Exterior Filming

Filming will take place Mar 3-4, 7am to 11pm, at 1464 Centre Rd. This may impact traffic flow in the surrounding area.

Published:
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 2:15pm
Carlisle Branch Accessible Door Out of Order

The accessibility door at Carlisle Branch is not working. We aim to fix it quickly.

Published:
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - 2:30pm
Concession Branch - Upcoming Renovations

Renovation preparations are underway in anticipation of the March 2 start. Computer availability may be limited. Living Room and Makerspace areas are closed. (The next nearest Makerspaces are Sherwood and Terryberry Branches.) Renovations are expected to be completed in late Spring. Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
Sherwood Branch - Upcoming Renovations

Renovation preparations are underway in anticipation of the March 2 start. Starting the week of February 23, the 2nd Floor will be closed. The Children's collection will be temporarily available on the 1st Floor. Renovations are expected to be completed in late Spring. Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
Central Library - Living Room Renovation Preparation

Starting Tuesday February 10, the First Floor Living Room is closed due to renovation preparations. Study and work spaces are available on Floors 2-4. Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Friday, February 6, 2026 - 9:00am
Bookmobile Service Modification

Please note the following Bookmobile visit updates.

Friday, February 27
Winona 11:00am-12:00pm - Cancelled
Maplewood 2:30-4:00pm - Cancelled

Published:
Monday, February 2, 2026 - 3:15pm
Carlisle Branch Accessible Washroom Out of Order

The accessible washroom at Carlisle Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.

Published:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - 12:30pm
Central Library - Sunday Hours Paused

Effective Sunday, February 1, Sunday service hours at Central Library will be paused. 

Sunday Hours will continue at Dundas, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park and Waterdown Branches from 1-5pm.

www.hpl.ca/hours 

Published:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:00am

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