Residents along Otonabee River south of Peterborough brace for possible flooding
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Otonabee Conservation and Lower Trent Conservation have issued flood watches for the Trent-Severn Waterway and its surrounding waterbodies and the Trent River.
Residents living along the Otonabee River in the Peterborough, Ont., area are bracing for potential flooding again this spring.
On Monday, Otonabee Conservation issued a flood watch for the Trent-Severn Waterway and its connected waterbodies including the Otonabee River.
Homeowners on Robinson Island, just south of Peterborough, are keeping their fingers crossed for a dry spring. Among them is Jayne Gaspari who has been living beside the Otonabee River for 24 years.
She’s no stranger to significant flooding.
“Sometimes we need to bring our groceries in by kayak or canoe,” she said on Tuesday.
The last time the Otonabee River had major flooding several years ago, water flowed into her basement. She said she has since raised her house and prepares each spring for potential floodwaters.
“You make sure you have a lot of food,” she said. “You get stocked up that way and then we just assess. Sometimes we need to move our cars up further. You go where the land is dryer.”
Otonabee Conservation said multiple days of significant rain led to the flood watch being issued.
