Northgate Shopping Centre was tough to navigate on Tuesday afternoon as extreme flooding in the North Bay area impacted the city’s largest mall, located just off the Highway 11/17 bypass in North Bay.

Northgate Shopping Centre was tough to navigate on Tuesday afternoon as extreme flooding in the North Bay area impacted the city’s largest mall, located just off the Highway 11/17 bypass in North Bay. 

Tuesday’s rainfall was so heavy it prompted an Environment Canada alert today. The rain caused Chippewa Creek’s banks to overflow, leading to significant flooding across the city. 

“I live on higher ground, so I’m fine,” one man taking photos near Independent Grocers said.  

“I’ve never seen anything like this. I could get my kayak out here.” 

No confirmation from Parker’s Independent Grocer or Northgate Shopping Centre if the businesses were impacted by the flooding. 

See related: “It rose so quickly” – Surging Chippewa Creek waters flooding basements

One driver in a heavy-duty pickup drove cautiously through the flooded Walmart parking lot.  

“Oh, I knew I’d get through fine,” he chuckled as he looked back at the large pool of standing water. 

Outside, the Walmart parking lot and the Independent Grocer parking lot looked like two miniature Great Lakes with one shopping cart standing partially submerged in the south end of the grocery store parking lot. 

Fortunately, the water was pooling in areas away from both storefronts. 

Flooding is common in the North Bay area in the spring, but some area residents say they have never seen this kind of extreme flooding at Northgate Shopping Centre. 

 

The shores of Lake Walmart at @shopnorthgate in #NorthBay #Flooding pic.twitter.com/8s8bIzKuJK


— Chris Dawson (@ChrisD_TWN) April 14, 2026

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