History of The Society

In May of 2018, the Electric City/La Nouvelle France Society was established to focus on the development of a permanent home for the Electric City story, and to use that concept as a means to support local economic and tourism development in southwest Nova Scotia

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The Electric City story has stirred the hearts and interests of Weymouth locals for decades. The Weymouth Waterfront Development Committee  worked for a number of years to support the development of the Electric City Research Center.

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Government support has enabled the Society to engage consultants to develop three important documents: an Interpretive Centre Development Plan (2016), an Experience
Centre Feasibility Plan (June 2018) and the Business Plan (2020).

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The Society had amassed a large number of artifacts that were housed in a facility in Weymouth which was to become the permanent home of the Electric City story and the artifacts. Tragically in August 2018, a fire destroyed the building and its contents.

Dismayed but undaunted, the Society forged ahead with their dream of utilizing the story of the Electric City to support growth in the region.

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A number of plays have been produced and the book “Electric City: The Stehelins of New France” written by Paul Stehelin and published by Nimbus in 1983, is available via the shop.