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Ottawa Public Library.

The Ottawa Public Library (abbreviated OPL) is a library in Ottawa, Canada. It was founded in 1906. This is the largest bilingual library (English and French) of North America.

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  • Ottawa Public Library old

    The original Ottawa Public library building, designed by Edgar Lewis Horwood (1903-5)

  • Ottawa Public Library

    Stained glass at Ottawa Public Library features Charles Dickens, Archibald Lampman, Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, William Shakespeare and Thomas Moore

  • Rideau Branch Library

    The Rideau branch on Rideau Street

  • Sunnyside Branch

    The Sunnyside branch in Old Ottawa South

  • Bookmobile

    The OPL bookmobile, when it was headquartered at the Sunnyside Branch. It is now headquartered at the Greenboro District Branch, which opened in 2006.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Biblioteca Pública de Ottawa para niños

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