In Ramara Township, many people have had enough.

The extent of the flooding along Sheba Drive on the shore of Lake St. John is so bad that it’s forced some people to leave their homes.

Audray Mackenzie has to carefully tread up her driveway as she attempts to check on her home.   Mackenzie was forced to leave and is now staying at a hotel after her basement flooded and the water reached the ceiling.

“You can't live the way it is right now,” she says. “We had to shut our electricity down. I'm not sure how we'll get that going again.”

It’s been like this along Lake St. John for two weeks now.  Some people like Mandy Davison are sticking it out, but frustration is mounting. She’s relying on a boat to get to and from her home.

“I hope they can fix this so it doesn't keep happening,” she says. “Our property values are all just plunging. How do we get over this?”

And it’s not only damage to the house Davison is worried about, but also her well. Like most people who live in the area, a well is the only source of water.

“We're not sure about the water,” she says. “We're not cooking, showering, or doing anything like that here, we're doing it all at my parents.”

According to the fire department, water levels on Lake St. John have peaked. Mayor Bill Duffy says there could be some relief coming in the next few days; the Ministry of Natural Resources is planning to allow water from the lake to pass through a dam on the Black River.

“We're just waiting for the Black to drop and the MNR will take a log out and water from here will flow back into the Black River,” Duffy says.

James Henderson, meanwhile, is literally climbing out of his house and can’t wait much longer for the water to recede. His home is surrounded, the basement is flooded, and he is now prepared to leave and stay with family.

“At a certain point it gets to be too much to get to and from your house,” he says. “It’s hectic getting to work.”

Ramara Township council will be getting an update on flooding and water conditions tomorrow night. The fire chief tells CTV News he will be recommending the town applies to the province for emergency funding to help cover the cost of repairs – to the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program.

He also says it could take up to a week or more before water could start to drop.