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Planned power outage in Chester area this weekend

Nova Scotia Power says a planned overnight outage will affect Chester and surrounding communities this weekend.

The outage is scheduled to begin Friday, September 5, at 11:00 p.m. and last until Saturday, September 6, at 7:00 a.m.

The eight-hour interruption is required so crews can carry out structure upgrades aimed at improving the reliability of service in the area.

Customers in the following communities will be impacted:

  • Aspotogan
  • Bayswater
  • Big Tancook Island
  • Birchy Head
  • Black Point
  • Blandford
  • Canaan
  • Chester
  • Chester Basin
  • Chester Grant
  • Chester Village
  • Coleman Cove
  • Dauphinnie Mill Lake
  • Deep Cove
  • East Chester
  • East Iron Bound Island
  • East River Point
  • East River
  • Fox Point
  • Frog Island
  • Hubbards, Ingramport
  • Little Tancook Island
  • Marriots Cove
  • Mill Cove
  • Mill Lake
  • New Harbour
  • Northwest Cove
  • Queensland
  • Robinsons Corner
  • Sawler Lake
  • Sherwood
  • Simms Settlement
  • Southwest Cove
  • Tancook Island
  • Upper Blandford,
  • Windsor Road.

The utility says customers in these communities will receive an automated call in advance so they can plan accordingly.


  • Evan Taylor

    Evan Taylor is a 2018 graduate of the journalism program at Fanshawe College. He is based in Bridgewater and covers stories across the South Shore and Nova Scotia. Contact Evan at taylore@radioabl.ca.

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