Central Library Makerspace - White Vinyl Unavailable

The Makerspace at Central Library is currently out of White Vinyl Paper for prints.

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Affected Branch: Central Library
Published:
Saturday, December 27, 2025 - 3:00pm
Extended Access at Freelton Branch is Active

Extended Access at Freelton Branch is now active for the day and accessible for members using their library credentials.

Published:
Saturday, December 27, 2025 - 8:30am
Barton Branch Closure - January 7

Due to maintenance, the Barton Branch will be closed on Wednesday, January, 7. Please visit Central Library or Kenilworth Branch for your library needs. www.hpl.ca/hours

Published:
Wednesday, December 24, 2025 - 11:45am
Photocopying and Scanning Unavailable at Westdale Branch

Photocopying and Scanning is not working at Westdale Branch. We aim to fix it as soon as possible.

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Published:
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 - 3:30pm
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
Bookmobile Service - Holiday Schedule

Bookmobile is off the road from December 25-27, December 31, and January 1st. Visit www.hpl.ca/bookmobile for our Holiday Schedule.

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Affected Branch: Bookmobile
Nearest Branches: 
Published:
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 9:00am
Central Library, Fourth Floor Closure: Friday, January 2

Due to the setup for the Noon Hour Concert, the Fourth Floor at Central Library will be closed on Friday, January 2. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Floors 1-3 have spaces to work and study.

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Affected Branch: Central Library
Published:
Friday, December 19, 2025 - 5:00pm
December 24, Christmas Eve - Early Closure

All HPL Branches close early on Wednesday, December 24 at 1pm. Visit www.hpl.ca/hours for our Holiday Schedule.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
December 31, New Year's Eve - Early Closure

All HPL Branches close early on Wednesday, December 31 at 1pm. This includes branches with Extended Access.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
All Branches Closed for Christmas

All branches close on Thursday, December 25, for Christmas. This includes branches with Extended Access.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
All Branches Closed Sunday December 28

All branches close on Sunday, December 28, 2025. This includes branches with Extended Access.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
All Branches Closed for New Years Day

All branches close on Thursday January 1 for New Years Day. This includes branches with Extended Access.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
All Branches Closed for Boxing Day

All branches close on Friday, December 26, 2025 for Boxing Day . This includes branches with Extended Access.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
Study Halls - Holiday Break

Branch Study Halls are paused Friday, December 19, 2025 through Monday, January 5, 2026. Central Library Study Hall hours resume Spring 2026. 

www.hpl.ca/study-halls

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 9:15am
Replacement and Damage Fees

Bring back your borrowed library items (due Oct 1 or later) 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

Woodhouse Collection - Listing of Volumes 1-8

#4-1

Residence of Hon. James Crooks, West Flamborough, Ont.

About 1880

Figures on steps:

above: Jane Crooks (daughter Hon. James Crooks)

below standing: Frances Crooks (daughter Hon. James Crooks)

seated: Mrs. James Crooks Jr (nee Dickie)

Gardener named Crocker who worked there for a long time

 

#4-2

Hon. James Crooks

1778-1860

Painting 1810

 

#4-3

Jane Cummings

1791-1861

married James Crooks Dec. 8, 1808

painting 1810

 

#4-4

Hon. James Crooks

1860

 

#4-5

Mrs. James Crooks

1860

 

#4-6

Hon. Jas. Crooks' home about 1860

From a sketch in the possession of

William Ellis Crooks, Noranda, P.Q.

Jane is 4th from right in front

born about 1839

 

#4-7

Harper's spillway and dam

just above Webster's Falls

 

#4-8

Explosion at Stutt's Mill

8/7/1885

 

#4-9

Stutt's Mill rebuilt 1887

 

#4-10

1945

South entrance to Stutt's Mill

built 1813 by James Crooks

 

#4-11

1945

South entrance to Stutt's Mill

built 1813

 

#4-12

Stutt's Mill about 1910

 

#4-13

Stutt's Mill and Bridge

Crook's Hollow about 1900

 

#4-14

Stutt's Ravine, Greensville, Ont.

 

#4-15

 

#4-16

Morden's Mill looking downstream from old Brock Road Bridge

Looking downstream

J. McK. Morden's Grist Mill in Distance.

about 1909

 

#4-17

Morden's Mill. Now under waters of Dundas Town Dam

x = site of the miller's house = Herman Trapp

 

#4-18

When first built the Brock Road ran in almost a

straight line from Guelph to Freelton, to Crook's

Hollow, to Galt HWY, to Mountain Brow, Across Dundas

Valley, to the Governor's Road.

About 1885

left: Jas. Stutt's home

Centre: Brock Road - now closed

 

#4-19

J. McK. Morden's Mill Dam before 1907 flood

 

#4-20

John McKinley Morden's dam and grist mill rebuilt

after the fire of the earlier mill 1907 or 08

Evelyn Hore sitting

 

#4-21

Morden's Mill - Grist Mill left - Saw Mill right

about 1870

 

#4-22

Steele's distillery

J.J. Steele's Distillery, Greensville, 1906

Built originally by George Morden, 1809

 

#4-23

Greensville

from left to right:

-G. Soper's. Robin's Home now

-W. Thompson in 1875. now Wm. Williams

-John Hore's home then Humphreys then C/E rectory now Quigley's

-Once site Francis Hore mill = Jack Cockburns shown here. Burned

-Highest bldg once a hotel. Joe Johnson's res later.now Coullard's

-Steele's maltster. Robertson lived here. Now owned by W.B. Hyslop

-Steele's Malt House and once a distillery. Then Hyslop changed to a canning and basket factory

 

#4-24

Formerly the site of Hore's Turning Factory

Axles, spokes, tool handles, etc.

 

#4-25

Cockburn's Dam built by Louis Lahey with many a bottle of

whiskey in 1912 to get an emergency water supply for Town of Dundas.

John W. Cockburn's dam built in 1912 by Louis Lahey (assisted by

3 men and 6 bottles of whiskey) as an emergency water supply

for the Dundas Water Works. Got 6 cents an hour

 

#4-26

Looking upstream to Cochenour's Bridge

 

#4-27

In the old swimming hole behind Clark's Blanket Factory Dam, Bullock's Corners

Right to left:

Wilfred (Dubber) Grightmire

Arnold Walker

Albert Walker

Harold Shipman

 

#4-28

On Clark's Mill Dam, Bullock's Corners

 

#4-29

The Island above Clark's factory. The Island above Clark's dam

 

#4-30

Clark's Dam ? maybe Morden's

 

#4-31

Early Clark's Dam.

Clark's Dam after rebuilding

 

#4-32

Muriel McMahon

Clark's Dam after rebuilding

This propty sold 1859 by Wm Bullock 1st to James and Andrew Clark

 

#4-33

Looking downstream towards Clark's Dam and Factory

 

#4-34

[Clark's Factory]

 

#4-35

Looking upstream to Clark's Blanket Factory

 

#4-36

[Clark's Blanket Factory]

 

#4-37

Clark Blanket Factory built 1867

Flooded out Feb. 6, 1938

 

#4-38

The Clark Blanket Factory. Greensville, Ont.

An 1888 cornerstone from this mill is now at the

rear of N. Finlayson's resd. 214 park St. 1957

on right: blankets bleaching

 

#4-39

Ruins Clark Blanket Factory. 1947

 

#4-40

Ewart's (The Town) Dam

Just before washout Aug. 3, 1915

 

#4-41

Ashburn Mills, West Flamboro

Joseph Webster Proprietor

Originally built about 1830

Built as above 1842

 

#4-42

Ashbourne Mills

Built about 1830 by Joseph Webster about 1830

 

#4-43

Ruins of Webster's Ashbourne Mills

 

#4-44

Entrance Webster's Ashbourne Mills

 

#4-45

left: ruins Ashbourne Mills

centre: Webster's Dam

right: Joseph Webster's home

Harper's Dam, spillway, mill and home.

formerly home of Joseph Webster

 

#4-46

Ruins of Webster's Mills

left: Dam above Webster's Falls

right: ruins of Webster's Ashbourne Mills

 

#4-47

A flood worse than this washout out the dam

at 3 PM, Aug. 3, 1915

 

#4-48

 

#4-49

Webster's Falls dam after a spring washout

about 1909

 

#4-50

Flume for Dundas Electric Light Co.

 

#4-51

The new highway bridge.

Fisher's Gore Paper Mills

 

#4-52

Flamboro Stream and Stutt's Mill

1947

 

#4-53

About 1896

Creighton Road

looking down stream (east) towards Ewart Dam

 

#4-54

 

#4-55

1900

Looking N.E. from the Hogsback

View from the South, Dundas, Ont.

 

#4-56

1896

Looking N from the Hogsback

 

#4-57

G.W. Harper's Dundas Electric Co.

Opened Jan. 27, 1899

burned Feb. 23, 1901

 

#4-58

[Dundas]

 

#4-59

Clark's Dam, Bullock's Corners

 

#4-60

[Dundas]

 

#4-61

Ewart Dam. 1902

 

#4-62

About 1900

Morden's Creek below Ewart's Dam showing

McMurray Street bridge.

Mason's Tannery roof at right

 

#4-63

Hourigan's Axe Factory

operated by Spencer Creek water

from Ewart (or Town) Dam

 

#4-64

[Dundas]

 

#4-65

1896

Looking N.W. from the Hogsback