The Western Counties Regional Library is a regional public library with 10 branches serving the counties of Digby

Digby County, Nova Scotia

Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.Taking its name from the Township of Digby , which had been named in honour of Rear Admiral Robert Digby who dispatched HMS Atlanta to convey loyalists from New York City in the spring of 1783 to Conway, which became known as Digby,...

, Shelburne

Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

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 and Yarmouth

Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

For the ship built in Yarmouth County, see County of YarmouthYarmouth County is a rural county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It has both traditional Anglo-Scottish and Acadian French culture as well as significant inland wilderness areas, including over 365 lakes and several major rivers...

 in southwestern Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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. Established in June 1969, the library has its headquarters at 405 Main Street in the Town of Yarmouth

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Yarmouth is a town and fishing port located on the Gulf of Maine in rural southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the shire town of Yarmouth County. The town is located in the heart of the world's largest lobster fishing grounds and has Canada's highest lobster catch.- History :The townsite may...

, the largest population centre of the three counties.

The Western Counties Regional Library began with five staff in 1969 and has grown to 60 full- and part-time employees. Over the years, services were added such as bookmobiles (which were replaced by Library Express), visits to hospitals, seniors residences and schools and Library Express.

All of the library branches offer free computer and wireless Internet

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 access. Three of the branches offer bilingual services (Clare, Pubnico and Yarmouth).

The following are the 10 branches making up the Western Counties Regional Library with the dates that they joined the regional library and related branch information:

Barrington Passage

• Joined Western Counties Regional Library: January 1970

• Branch opened: November 30, 1981

• Branch relocated: August 2, 2006


Clare

• Joined Western Counties Regional Library: April 20, 1970

• Branch opened: July 8, 1981


Clark's Harbour

• Joined Western Counties Regional Library: July 1971

• Branch opened: March 4, 1974

• Branch relocated: December 11, 2007


Digby

• Joined Western Counties Regional Library: June 1969

• Branch opened: January 15, 1970

• Branch relocated: 1979

• Branch relocated: January 31, 1997


Lockeport

• Joined Western Counties Regional Library: June 5, 1969

• Branch opened: April 13, 1973

• Branch relocated: September 1, 1981

• Branch expansion: August 22, 1987


Pubnico

• Joined Western Counties Regional Library: January 1970

• Branch opened: November 23, 1978


Shelburne

• Joined Western Counties Regional Library: June 5, 1969

• Branch opened: February 15, 1970

• Branch relocated: July 21, 1989


Westport

• Joined Western Counties Regional Library; Bookmobile service began: April 20, 1970

• Branch opened: June 30, 1983


Weymouth

• Joined Western Counties Regional Library: April 20, 1970

• Branch opened: May 10, 1982

• Branch relocated: July 29, 2010


Yarmouth

• Joined Western Counties Regional Library: June 6, 1969

• Branch opened: October 29, 1969

• Branch expansion: June 22, 1991