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We are proud to say that we are being around for nearly a 100 years. And have a huge variety of books, DVD's and E-books, which we also give out for loan.

Get involved! There is something at the Evergreen Regional Library for everyone. You can support the library in a variety of ways with your donations of time or money. Together we can make the library even better!

Riverton BranchThe Canadian Pacific Railway Station was built in 1910. It was the site of much activity for many years. The station platform was crowded each evening when the train arrived in Arborg, an exciting and important event of the day. For years, the stationmast Read MoreThe objective of the Evergreen Regional Library is to select, organize, preserve and to make freely and easily available a variety of materials.

In April 1910 the Victoria Beach Investment Company was founded with C. W. N. Kennedy as president and C. Vokes, F.C. N. Kennedy, W. E. Macara and T.D. Robinson as directors. The aims of the company were 'to layout, improve, sell and dispose of its lands for the purposes mainly of a summer resort' and also to enter into any type of business which they thought plausible.

The Library is named after Miss. Pauline Johnson. She was a school teacher who taught in Lundar for many years. She was born in 1895 and immigrated to Lundar from Iceland in 1900. She retired in 1961 after spending her entire working career as a teacher.In 1995, a former student of hers, Don Johnson, made a large monetary donation to start a library in her honor.

Eriksdale is a strong and thriving community, proud of its heritage, honouring it's natural environment and recognized as an Interlake community of choice for people to live, to work, to visit and to do business.

Seven Community Members and one Council Rep with an Alternative oversee the functioning of our library.All citizens in the RM of Eriksdale are entitled to a membership in the Eriksdale Public Library at no cost.Non residents pay a yearly fee for membership to access all services offered.