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| website = http://www.epl.ca/about-epl/branches-and-hours/strathcona-branch
| service_area = [[Old Strathcona]]
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The '''Old Strathcona Branch''', one of the oldest libraries in [[Alberta]], completed in 1913, was the first library erected in the City of Edmonton.<ref name="Just Getting Started: Edmonton Public Library's First 100 years, 1913-2013">{{cite book|last=Babiak|first=Todd|title=Just Getting Started: Edmonton Public Library's First 100 years, 1913-2013|year=2013|publisher=[[The University of Alberta Press and The Edmonton Public Library]]|page=17-23}}</ref> Nevertheless, the Strathcona Library does have a complex background as to its historical status within the [[Edmonton Public Library]] system.<ref>{{cite book|title=First annual report of the Edmonton Public Library and Strathcona Public Librar|year=1913|___location=Edmonton|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=858070}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is located on 104th Street, a block off of [[Whyte Avenue]] in the heart of [[Old Strathcona]]. Situated next to [[Wilbert McIntyre]] Park, the iconic Old Strathcona Gazebo, and the year-round Old Strathcona Farmer's Market, the Old Strathcona Branch is often a central gathering area for much of the local community. During the annual [[Edmonton International Fringe Festival]] in the surrounding area, the Old Strathcona Branch often hosts a large booksale to help shift aging and excess material from [[Edmonton Public Library|Edmonton Public Library's]] circulation.
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