Seems to me the water in this part of the Great Lakes Basin has come up about two feet since last year. That's in my mind's eye, so perhaps it's the last two or three years...
If and when it comes up another two feet, and whether that takes one year or two or three, once it's up another couple of feet we'll be having some problems in these parts.
Right now, the parking lot at the Wiarton waterfront park is already starting to flood. For the first time in my recollection the breakwater has been blocked off because it's partially submerged.
Water is also beginning to encroach on the parking lot at the marina. If the water came up another two feet, the marina will be toast.
As will the waterfront park, and what they call "the flats" in Wiarton, which is about half the houses in the town.
In Owen Sound, the Pottawatomi River has come up enough that the walkway behind the Kelso Villa retirement home is partially flooded. If the Pottawatomi were to come up two more feet, the residents of Kelso Villa would have to relocate, although most of the town would be alright. There are no "flats" in Owen Sound.
Oddly enough, this isn't something you hear much about in the local media.
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