Three years since the blackout

[

](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/observatory.jpg) It was three years ago – on August 14, 2003 – that the lights went out across Ottawa, Ontario, and much of the eastern U.S. Check out our archival

Lights Out

page for photos, links, stories and more about the blackout.

(Pictured above: The Dominion Observatory, photo by Shane Finnigan)

** Related: ** Ottawa Utilities Guide