Photos © by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A look down the Muskoka Rivers Saturday saw a picture(s) of Muskokans at their best and worst coping with flooding, while continuing to carry on with their lives knowing they were helping friends and neighbours. If you have any pictures of the flooding, send them to […]
GRAVENHURST — Top-down management doesn’t appear to be helping as flood waters are reaching the bottom of the region’s catch basin with serioius consequences. As towns north and west delcare states of emergerncy, Gravenhurst is just now receiving its highest levels in a week. As the effects trickle down to the Severn River to its […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — Muskoka Lakes Township and the District of Muskoka are the latest to declare flood emergencies this weekend. Late Sunday morning, April 28, Muskoka Lakes Mayor Phil Harding declared an Emergency under the Emergency Management & Civil Protection Act, and the Township of Muskoka Lakes has activated its Emergency Plan. A release today says […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As the army arrives to help Bracebridge, and days after Premier Doug Ford toured devastated areas of Muskoka, the MNRF is defending its actions on flood control. After the 2013 flooding the ministry faces fierce criticism for allegedly mismanaging the river and lake levels, which local resident this week […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — As the armed forces arrive to help with a flood emergency here, the province is going on the defence by saying the “ministry has taken action to mitigate flooding.” Sixty Canadian Armed Forces resevists from Toronto are coming to the town’s aid after Bracebridge officials asked for their help […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — “My community is under water. That’s why I’m here.” So said Griff Ferguson, who was at the Fowler Construction yard Saturday afternoon. Along with about 100 other people, mostly volunteers and homeowners, filling or picking up sand bags as a skiff of snow remained from the night before. They […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKKA — Heavy rains that continued into Friday night — and which could exceed 50 mm — along with a continuing snow presence in Algonquin Park have everyone fearing the worst is not over for flooded parts of Muskoka. As a result the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reminds residents that a Flood […]
BRACEBRIDGE-HUNTSVILLE — MP Tony Clement toured the flooded towns of Bracebride and Huntsville Friday afternoon to assess the impact of water levels, as rain continued and it was forecasted to last until late in the day. He said in a release that he is monitoring the situation, as the towns affected by the most devastating […]