Northwestern Ontario to Face Power Outage Due to Hydro One Infrastructure Upgrades
A significant power outage is anticipated in the Thunder Bay District and Atikokan area due to planned infrastructure upgrades by Hydro One. The scheduled work is set to take place on Sunday, between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. During this time, crews will be replacing essential poles and insulators to enhance the reliability of the power supply.
Areas Impacted by Power Outage
Residents in several locations will experience interruptions in service. The affected regions include:
Rainy River District
- Atikokan
- Hutchinson
- Niobe Lake
- Nym Lake
- Marion Lake
- Crystal Lake
- Eva Lake
Thunder Bay District
- Ames
- Blackwell
- Blake
- Colliver
- Conacher
- Conmee
- Crooks
- Dawson Road Lots
- Devon
- Fallis
- Forbes
- Fowler
- Gillies
- Golding
- Gorham
- Hagey
- Haines
- Hardwick
- Inwood
- Jacques
- Joynt
- Kakabeka Falls
- Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation
- Laurie
- Lybster
- Marks
- Michener
- Murillo
- Neebing
- O’Connor
- Oliver
- Paipoonge
- Pearson
- Pyramid
- Robson
- Savanne
- Scoble
- Shebandowan
- Soper
- Stedman
- Strange
- Thunder Bay Unorganized
- Trewartha
- Upsala
- Ware
Customer Impact
Hydro One estimates that approximately 8,200 homes will be affected by this outage. Furthermore, some Synergy North customers will also experience service disruptions. By addressing these infrastructure needs now, Hydro One aims to minimize the risk of longer, unplanned outages in the future.
For ongoing updates and information on service restoration, residents are encouraged to monitor Hydro One’s official communications.
