Update: Power restored overnight to 2,700+ in Chilliwack area after outage lasts ~9 hours

Jun 9, 2026 | 6:05 PM

Update #5: Power was restored sometime after 2 a.m. A notification from the NextDoor app at 2:41 a.m. indicated power was back on for 2,770 customers who were without power for approximately nine hours.

Update #4: This power outage now exceeds five hours (10:25 p.m.). It is British Columbia’s largest current power outage by customers impacted. There is a major outage over on South Pender Island and Pender Island affecting 1,366 customers there.

Update #3: Crews are now on scene to repair hydro lines. The official cause is a tree down across BC Hydro wires.

Update #2: BC Hydro’s website was updated at 8:26 p.m., indicating that crews should arrive on scene in the Chilliwack area by approximately 9:30 p.m. to repair hydro lines.

Update #1: As of 7:06 p.m., BC Hydro spokesperson Kevin Aquino says crews are currently en route.

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“We’ve received reports of branches/trees coming into contact with power lines due to the wind. Once our crews arrive, they’ll be able to determine how long repairs will take and restoration times,” Aquino told Fraser Valley Today in an email.

Multiple people are reporting on social media that a downed tree on Chilliwack Lake Road is the likely cause of the outage.

Original story below from 6:05 p.m.:

CHILLIWACK/CULTUS LAKE/CHILLIWACK RIVER VALLEY – Over 2,700 BC Hydro customers in parts of Yarrow, Cultus Lake, Chilliwack and much of the Chilliwack River Valley lost power Tuesday afternoon just after 5 p.m.

According to BC Hydro’s outage dashboard, the outage occurred at 5:15 p.m., impacting 2,770 customers in the area amid strong wind gusts in and around Chilliwack.

The impacted areas include homes and businesses east of Tolmie Road in Yarrow, almost all of Cultus Lake, parts of Promontory and Ryder Lake, Baker Trails, Slesse Park, and all along the Chilliwack Lake Road corridor.

Crews have been assigned, but it doesn’t indicate whether they have arrived, and there’s no estimated time when power might be restored.

by Mike Vanden Bosch

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Update: Power restored overnight to 2,700+ in Chilliwack area after outage lasts ~9 hours

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