All ORL Branches are closed on statutory holidays. The Revelstoke Branch is always open on the Saturday immediately preceding a statutory-holiday Monday (except Easter when we are closed Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday)
Renovations
We will be open during our renovations! We are excited about our new technology lab and reading room Meanwhile, expect some minor disruptions, noise, and a slightly altered and smaller library. Questions? Ask our staff!
Join our fun and engaging story tellers for an action packed half hour that includes, songs, games, puppets, rhymes, surprises, and of course, stories!
For families - free - all welcome!
Art Every Day!
Drop by the library and create a simple craft - we provide the space, supplies, and instructions. Ask at the desk.
All ages
Drop by the library and explore our collection of STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art and Math) learning resources.
Science!
Technology!
Engineering!
Art!
Math!
Drop in - Free - All Welcome!
Drop in and join the adventure - for ages 10 - 14
Chess and cubing (Rubik's cubes) for everyone!
Drop by the library and meet some women scientists and engineers. Displays, activities, swag, and more!
Register for an afternoon of fun STEAM exploration in our lab. Coding, robotics, circuitry, hands on science and more!
Register for individual days here:
Registration
The library is the home of the Revelstoke Screen Smart Program! Drop by the library and check out the resources available at the Screen Smart display. Keep an eye out for ongoing Screen Smart Events.
Drop by with your latest crafting project every Tuesday and join other crafters for conversation, inspiration, and lots of laughs!
Join our congenial group of Spanish Language learners for coffee, tea, treats and lots of laughs!
Local author Laura Stovel is sharing her newest project through an exhibition that explores the connections foresters, biologists, foragers, educators and indigenous knowledge keepers have with the forest throughout its seasons.
Stovel, a writer, historian, environmentalist and social issues activist, said the project was born out of COVID. She was spending a lot of time alone in the bush thinking about her relationship with the forest as she, like many at the time, was cut off from interacting with other people. It was then that she started noticing things in nature that she had never noticed before.
It was on those unchaperoned walks through nature that the book, Stories of the Forest was born.
“Wouldn’t it be an interesting book if we could teach people to read the forest,” said Stovel.
As a writer, Stovel was interested in bringing together the community’s forest experts. She collaborated with ethnobotanist Christie Shaw, foresters, educators, hunters, foragers, and most importantly, Indigenous storytellers from the four nations to share their unique stories. The themes of the stories range from good forestry practices, descriptions of how hunters interact with animals, tales of the caribou from specialists, ethnobotany, the lives of the fish and valuable knowledge from Indigenous leaders and educators.
To complement the tales, Stovel worked with artists Rob Buchanan and Claire Sieber to bring the visuals of the forest to life in the book and on display at the exhibition.
The forest that surrounds Revelstoke is known as the inland temperate rainforest, one of the few of its kind in the world, and hosts huge cedar trees that are 500 to 1,000 years old according to the Valhalla Wilderness Society.
From the Revelstoke Review
There are two book slots to the left of the main entrance of the library along the Campbell Avenue side of the building in which to return books at any time (except during the Easter and Christmas closures). We are no longer have book drops inside the library. Please use the outside book drops for all your returns. Thank you!
You can access many useful online library services and resources here:
Revelstoke Library LinkTree
For inquiries about exam invigilation email Lucie Bergeron lbergeron@orl.bc.ca or call: 250-837-5095
Please check with staff. Prebooking is reccomended.
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