Welcome to Our Digital Library
The mission of Coquitlam Public Library (CPL) is to engage its diverse community through creativity, discovery and knowledge. This digital library aims to provide the residents of Coquitlam, and those interested in its history, with around the clock access to the CPL’s diverse and culturally significant historic collections, including the Coquitlam 100 Years Photographic Collection.
How to use the Digital Library: Use the tabs at the top of the website to browse the items and collections. Click on the "Local History Exhibit" tab to discover more about the city's past. Click on the "About" tab to learn more about the CPL and its holdings.
For questions or comments, please contact: askalibrarian@coqlibrary.ca. For more on Coquitlam's History, please visit the Coquitlam History Section of our main Website.
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Featured Item
May Day Queen and Party
The 1947 May Day celebrations at Blue Mountain Park. Includes the May Day Queen and her party.
Featured Collection
Coquitlam 100 Years Photographic Collection
This digital collection consists of a series of historic photographs, dating from 1913 to 1948.
The CPL’s physical Coquitlam 100 Years Photographic…
Featured Exhibit
Coquitlam History
This exhibit showcases Coquitlam’s early history, from the opening of Fraser Mills to the settlement of Maillardville. The exhibition is...
Recently Added Items
Fraser Mills strikers with police officers
This is an image of Fraser Mills strikers and police officers outside of Coquitlam Municipal Hall on Sept. 23, 1931. The caption on the photograph…
Shepherd's Bush Farm
Photograph of George Shepherd feeding the ducks at Shepherd's Bush, a 10 acre farm at the corner of Clarke and Como Lake in 1924. Burquitlam Plaza…
Workers at Vancouver Golf Club Site
Photograph of workers taking a break from clearing the land for the Vancouver Golf Club.