Flooding is something people at Cedar Park Campground on Little Lake in Barrie are prepared for.
But this year they were hit hard, and it’s been unusual.
“We've been here 20 years and this is only the second time it's happened,” says campground resident Iona Brear.
Mitchell Livingston, Barrie resident adds, “I've never seen the floods like this, it's crazy.”
Trailers parked along the shoreline have water right up to their doorsteps. And if it rains much harder the trailers could flood.
“It's a worse year there's no doubt about it,” says John McCann, manager of campground.
Kevin walker has been using his canoe to get around. He's been keeping an eye on his neighbours, making sure everyone is okay. So far, so good, he says.
“We all were wondering what was going to happen because it rose like eight inches in one night through the night,” he says. “We were all lucky no trailers got any water whatsoever… It was about quarter of an inch before water was going to be coming into trailers.”
There are about 60 people who live at the trailer park year-round. In the fall they got ready for spring. People made sure to raise their trailers and put their boats up on blocks. Even though it looks bad around the store, the manager says there's no water inside, and for that he's thankful.
“People (have) been here a lot of years they expect it and they know it's coming,” he says. “We have to live with it. It's usually about four days in and about four days out and we will just wait and see what happens so we just hope the Nottawasaga can handle all the water.”
People who live at the trailer park have been measuring the water levels every day. They think they are through the worst of the spring floods and say the next problem they face is cleaning up the mess.
