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Welcome to the official page of the Bella Coola branch of Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL)

Visit us at virl.bc.ca

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🎉 Today, VIRL turns 90! 🎉For 90 years, Vancouver Island Regional Library has connected people, ideas, and communities ac...
05/30/2026

🎉 Today, VIRL turns 90! 🎉

For 90 years, Vancouver Island Regional Library has connected people, ideas, and communities across Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii, Bella Coola, and the Central Coast.

What began in 1936 with six branches, 12,648 books, and a $500 grant has grown into one of British Columbia’s largest and most geographically diverse public library systems, serving urban centres, coastal villages, and some of Canada's most rural and remote communities.

This anniversary is more than a celebration of our history. It’s a celebration of the generations of people who have learned, discovered, connected, created, and found belonging through their libraries.

Today, communities across the VIRL system are celebrating this milestone with local events, guest books, activities, refreshments, and opportunities to share library memories. It's also the official launch of the VIRL 90th Anniversary Passport Program, inviting people of all ages to explore libraries across the region, collect stamps, and win prizes.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of VIRL’s story over the past nine decades. Here's to 90 years of stories, learning, connection, and community.

Learn more and join the celebration: virl.bc.ca/90th

🎉🎂Vancouver Island Regional Library is celebrating its 90th birthday!🎂 🎉Drop in on May 30th for ☕️coffee, juice🧃 and goo...
05/26/2026

🎉🎂Vancouver Island Regional Library is celebrating its 90th birthday!🎂 🎉

Drop in on May 30th for ☕️coffee, juice🧃 and goodies🍪🍰 to help us celebrate!

🖋️Don’t forget to sign our guest book and share your library memories.✒️



Join us for the final TRC57 Speaker Series webinar before our summer break with Dr. Aaron Mills on May 20 from 12–1pm PT...
05/15/2026

Join us for the final TRC57 Speaker Series webinar before our summer break with Dr. Aaron Mills on May 20 from 12–1pm PT.

In this deeply reflective talk, Dr. Mills invites us to reconsider resurgence and reconciliation through the lens of rooted constitutionalism: an Indigenous understanding of political community grounded in land, relationship, and responsibility.

Drawing from Anishinaabe teachings, Indigenous law, and lived experience, this conversation challenges us to think differently about governance, belonging, and our shared relationship with the living earth.

This is a powerful opportunity to pause, reflect, and engage with ideas that continue to shape the path forward for reconciliation in Canada.

🎟️ Register now and join the conversation before we break for summer.
https://virl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JKmldLuwS0-j0EuGrUYgxQ #/registration

The TRC57 Speaker Series will return in the fall with two more inspiring speakers.
More info: https://trc57speakerseries.ca/speakers/dr-aaron-mills/

🗓️As Poetry Month continues, we still have the 👀Scavenger Hunts for both adults and children available. Enter before th...
04/24/2026

🗓️As Poetry Month continues, we still have the 👀Scavenger Hunts for both adults and children available. Enter before the end of the month for your chance to win a prize.🎉
📜New this week are Pocket Poems, featuring indigenous authors. Take a poem excerpt from the front counter and share it everywhere. Don’t forget to add the hashtag when sharing on social media. #️⃣
📚Our New Books cart has a few titles that may interest you, including David Baldacci’s “Hope Rises.” In Juvenile fiction we have the classic “Wind in the Willows.”📖🌳



As part of our Poetry Month activities, we are recognizing Poem in Your Pocket Day. Drop by the branch this week to pic...
04/21/2026

As part of our Poetry Month activities, we are recognizing Poem in Your Pocket Day.
Drop by the branch this week to pick up your pocket poem excerpt to share with friends and neighbours!
Visit the League of Canadian Poets website to find out more! https://poets.ca/pocketpoem2026/

What does reconciliation look like when it’s understood not as a completed task, but as an ongoing practice...here on ea...
04/20/2026

What does reconciliation look like when it’s understood not as a completed task, but as an ongoing practice...here on earth, in our everyday lives?

The TRC57 Speaker Series continues with Dr. James Tully, who invites us to rethink reconciliation not as a finished goal, but as an ongoing way of living well together, on this land, and with one another. Drawing from his work Reconciliation Here on Earth, this conversation connects relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples with our shared responsibility to the living earth itself.

This isn’t abstract theory, it’s a grounded, thoughtful look at how reconciliation shows up in our everyday lives. The kind of conversation that challenges you, and stays with you.

📅 April 22 | 12 PM (PT)
💻 Free live Zoom event

Join a growing community leaning into these important conversations.

👉 Register now: https://virl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UAq2UcSEQeS_3CfZ7pFi4w #/registration

🔎 Explore the full Season 6 lineup: http://trc57speakerseries.ca

Come curious. Leave changed.

🌼April is Poetry Month!🌼🔍Not only do we have a Scavenger Hunt in the children’s area, but one just for the adults as wel...
04/10/2026

🌼April is Poetry Month!🌼

🔍Not only do we have a Scavenger Hunt in the children’s area, but one just for the adults as well! Find all the poems to enter the draw for a poetry related prize! 🔎

📖Check out the booklists created by VIRL staff and the indigenous poetry books we have on display.📖

📚Don’t forget to see what is on the new items cart while you’re here. There are several new juvenile novels, movies for kids and adults, and even some books for the adults in your home.📚

Address

450 MacKenzie Street
Bella Coola, BC
V0T1C0

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 2:30pm
Wednesday 2:30pm - 7pm
Thursday 2:30pm - 7pm
Friday 10am - 2:30pm
Saturday 10am - 2:30pm

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+12507995330

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