The Wasaga Beach Public Library is a

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that serves

Wasaga Beach Wasaga Beach (or simply Wasaga) is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. Situated along the longest freshwater beach in the world, it is a popular summer tourist destination. It is located along the southern end of Georgian Bay, approximate ...

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. It is governed by a board of trustees appointed by the town council of Wasaga Beach. The chief librarian is Pamela Pal, and the Canadian library symbol is OWAB. The collection includes adult and junior fiction and non-fiction books,

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books, audiobooks,

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s, DVDs, and picture books. The library also has

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features, including large-print keyboards and screen magnification software. The library also operates a Books on Wheels program. The original library was a building built in 1972. It was replaced by a building in 1994. In 2019, construction of a third 17,252 square foot (1,603 m²) library was announced by the town, as part of joint facility which will include a new twin-pad hockey

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. The project broke ground in September 2021, and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2023.

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