Hydro is advising customers in Upper Lake Melville of an planned outage this Sunday.

The outage is required in order to make emergency repairs to a damaged power line. While the cause of the damage is undetermined, it appears it may have been as a result of shotgun shots. Hydro reminds the public to please avoid hunting or discharging a firearm too close to power lines and other electrical equipment, as safety hazards and equipment damage can result.

The outage will take place Sunday, October 20, 2024 from approximately 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The following areas will be affected:

• All of 5 Wing Goose Bay
• North West River Road starting from the Dock area, up to and including the communities of Sheshatshiu and North West River
• Canadian Side – Blocklab only

Backup generation will be used to maintain service during this time for as many customers as possible. However the following other areas may also experience power disruption:

• Cartwright Crescent, Cartwright Road, Corte Real Road number 1 to number 31 (odd numbers) number 2 to number 16 (even numbers), Grand Street, Grenfell Street (from Grand Street to Corte Real Road), lower end of Hamilton River Road (corner of Grand Street to Markland Road), Haven Street, Markland Road (Corte Real Road to Grand Street)
• The community of Mud Lake, Mud Lake Road, Commercial Street, Corte Real Road (Corner of Grenfell Street to Corner of Saunders Street even numbers), Elizabeth Avenue, Hamilton River Road (Montagnais Street to corner of Markland Road), Markland Road (Corte Real Road to Hamilton River Road), Montagnais Road, Paddon Road, Perrault Place, Riverview Drive, Saunders Street, Travespine Road
• Adams Loop, Bird Street, Baikie Place, Blake Drive, Campbell Street, Deharving Drive (all odd numbers), Ford Street, Garland Street, Groves Street, Hamel Street, Hefler Street, Ikey Street, Johnny Hill Road, Kelland Drive, Learning Street, Lethbridge Street, Lyall Street, Martin Crescent, Mclean Crescent, Mesher Street, Michelin Street, Mountain View, Mitchell Street, Pottle Street, Rendell Street, Roberts Road (number 70), Tooktoshina Drive, Transmitter Road, White Crescent (number 1 to 35 odd numbers only) Winsor Drive (number 75 to 91 odd numbers only) and Voisey’s Drive.

We thank you for your patience as we make these important repairs.

For outage status any time, please visit our outage centre: https://my.nlhydro.com/outage/