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)
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)
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.
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.
The accessibility door at Waterdown Branch is not working. We aim to fix it quickly.
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.
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.
To request any of the Wentworth County records please cite the county name, the town or township name, and the book number on the request slip.
For example, to access the third book listed below you would request:
Wentworth County, Binbrook, #01785
Those books listed in italics were not transferred from the OGS as Local History & Archives or the library general collection already owned them. To access these books please use the library call number.
Crown Patentees of Binbrook Township. R971.3521 Sm61 CESH (01783)
History & Heritage of Binbrook. 1792-1973. R971.352 BIN CESH (01784)
Reserve Militia Roll. Binbrook Township. 1869. Reg. Div. of S.R. Wentworth. #5 Co. Div. (01785)
They Scattered the Seed. History of Binbrook Township and Some of its Churches R971.352 MUN CESH (01786)
Tweedsmuir History. Binbrook Township. Photocopy pages (01787)
Cora Ingram’s Secret (02105)
Index to Surtees Map 1859: Binbrook Twp R929.3713 WEN CESH (02128)
1901 Census: Binbrook Twp. R929.371352 NIN CESH (02135)
Imperial Atlas 1903 Binbrook Township R346.713045 WEN CESH (02219)
Life and Times: A History of Chalmers Presbyterian Church 1874 – 1925; Blackheath United Church 1925 – 1994 (02403)
Living Our Heritage: A History of Binbrook United Church (02404)
For Cemetery indexes for Binbrook ask for the Finding Aid at the Local History & Archives Information Desk