A fire that levelled two buildings in downtown Weymouth on August 29 remains under investigation.
Corporal Jennifer Clarke tells us the cause hasn’t been determined and the RCMP and the Nova Scotia Office of the Fire Marshal are investigating the fire as suspicious.
Historical artifacts were donated by Paul Steheling, a great-grandson one of the founders of the settlement which became known as New France at the end of the nineteenth century.
Everything was destroyed in the August 29 blaze.
Stacey Doucette of the Electric City Research Society says the loss of historical artifacts in the blaze was tough but they’re moving ahead with plans for an interpretive centre.
He tells CJLS News their first step is to reach out to the public.
“We’re having a public meeting on Thursday night (Oct. 4) at the Weymouth school at 7 p.m. We’re asking the public to step up now. We need help and we can’t do it on our own.”
The society’s Hal Theriault says the story of Electric City will be told.
Electric City was founded at the end of the 19th century and became known as New France.
(photo Pat Comeau)
