Lake Ontario Flooding

• Lake Ontario water levels peak early, decline expected to continue, says IJC

  The International Joint Commission will be reinstating Plan 2014 now that Lake Ontario water levels have begun to lower.

  Canada

  Jun 2, 2020
  
• Communities pleading for action to prevent further damage from Lake Ontario flooding

  "Given the prognostications thus far and the actual hard evidence of lake levels right now, we expect 2020 to be a repeat of 2019 -- if not worse."

  Environment

  Feb 19, 2020
  
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• Thousand Islands Association increasingly frustrated with IJC’s Plan 2014

  Thousand Island Association members are demanding changes to the International Commission's Plan 2014, which they believe has contributed to the increasing water levels in Lake Ontario.

  Environment

  Oct 5, 2019
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• Feds providing $150,000 for flood mapping of Lake Ontario shoreline

  Lake Ontario reached record levels during the summer of 2019.

  Politics

  Aug 23, 2019
• What’s driving high water levels in Lake Ontario?

  Many are asking, “Is this the new normal?”

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2019
• Flood warning remains in effect for Lake Ontario, Bay of Quinte with record levels

  Lake Ontario at Cobourg is two centimetres above the record level set in 2017.

  Environment

  Jun 21, 2019
• Thousand Islands communtiy organization hands out free ‘No Wake’ signs

  Although Transport Canada has not implemented a no-wake zone, a Thousand Islands organization is taking its own steps to prevent erosion.

  Weather

  May 31, 2019
• Water levels on Lake Ontario in Cobourg rise above 2017 flood level

  A flood warning has been in effect for the shoreline of Lake Ontario since May 6.

  Weather

  May 29, 2019
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• Brighton residents brace for Lake Ontario flooding

  Concerns grow as water levels may reach the devastating levels reached in 2017.

  Environment

  May 10, 2019
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• Lake Ontario water levels now 1.5 feet above normal: conservation authority

  Along Hamilton's Waterfront Trail, a section of trail between Princess Point and the York Boulevard high level bridge is partially covered by water.

  Environment

  May 3, 2019