Vancouver Island Regional Library (Q4391945)

  • matcher place: Regional District of Nanaimo (relation 2218188), Nanaimo (relation 2221210), Vancouver Island (relation 2249770)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: 1936 establishments in Canada, Libraries established in 1936, Library and information science stubs, Public libraries in British Columbia
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Vancouver Island Regional Library(VIRL) is the fourth-largest library system in British Columbia. It serves more than 430,000 people on Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands) and the Central Coast (Bella Coola) through 39 branch libraries and a books-by-mail service. Administrative offices are located in Nanaimo. Vancouver Island Regional Library opened its doors in 1936 as the Vancouver Island Union Library; it was the second regional library in North America.

Wikidata location: 49.1658, -123.9360 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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cultural institution (Q3152824) government=culture
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