Events
- Jan20
YMCA Grey Bruce Settlement & Language Services will be onsite to enhance your conversation skills through instructor led sessions in a group setting. Alternate weeks, a representative will be available for other support services.
- Jan21
Book a one-to-one session with Library Staff for assistance using our Library eResources and general help with your phone, tablet, laptop or eReader. Assistance in these and other areas may be limited. Registration required.
- Jan22
Join us for this fun preschool program where we will help you build early literacy skills with your child by reading, talking, singing, and playing together. Adults must stay for the program. Drop in.
- Jan22
To recognize Family Literacy Day, the Library is hosting a special story time. Bring a stuffed friend to the Library, then leave them with Library staff for an overnight adventure. Come back the next day to pick up your stuffy and find out what happened at the sleepover.
- Jan22
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Drop in.
- Jan23
Let’s make some special Valentines for some special seniors in our community! Registration required.
- Jan24
Location – Walkerton Community Centre. Celebrate Family Literacy Day with an Early Years Educator and Bruce County Library staff. Enjoy stories and activities based on your favourite children’s picture books. Be creative and have fun engaging in a variety of art, literacy, and numeracy activities. Registration required.
- Jan27
YMCA Grey Bruce Settlement & Language Services will be onsite to enhance your conversation skills through instructor led sessions in a group setting. Alternate weeks, a representative will be available for other support services.
- Jan29
Join us for this fun preschool program where we will help you build early literacy skills with your child by reading, talking, singing, and playing together. Adults must stay for the program. Drop in.
- Jan31
Let’s make some special Valentines for some special seniors in our community!
About this Library
So what is there to discover?
In 1885, a Mechanic’s Institute was established in Walkerton. To be a member, the head of the household had to purchase a membership. The Mechanic’s Institute was housed in various locations until it was moved to the Victoria Jubilee Hall in 1898.
In the early 1900’s, the town began discussions with the Carnegie Corporation to obtain a grant for a library building, but it wasn’t until 1912 that discussions turned serious.
By the spring of 1913, a grant was obtained from the Carnegie Corporation and construction of the new library building began in the winter of 1913. The new Carnegie library was completed in the spring of 1914.
On July of 1967, the Walkerton Public Library became a branch of the Bruce County Public Library system. The branch library continues to operate in the Carnegie library building to this day.
In 1987, an addition was added to the building. In 2012, there was a small renovation with an expanded staff work area. Upgrades were also made to the children’s and junior’s areas of the library.
Become a Member
If you are a Bruce County Resident, you can become a member free of charge by completing a library card application at any of our 17 Branch Library locations.
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