{"id":624459,"date":"2026-04-24T00:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/624459\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:50:11","slug":"ottawa-river-levels-show-small-signs-of-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/624459\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa River levels show small signs of decline"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Water levels appear to have dropped by a few centimetres on the Ottawa River between Ottawa-Gatineau and Thurso, Que., according to authorities.Levels and flows have stabilized or slightly increased elsewhere.A second peak still remains possible, depending on the snowmelt and rain.<\/p>\n

Water levels and flows on the Ottawa River have begun to slightly decline in places between Pembroke, Ont., and Carillon, Que., according to the river’s planning board.<\/p>\n

Levels appear to have dropped by a few centimetres from Ottawa’s Britannia neighbourhood downstream to Thurso, Que., according to Thursday afternoon’s forecast from the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board.<\/p>\n

The board was still reporting a rise of roughly five centimetres closer to Pembroke, Ont., on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“With accelerated snowmelt expected in the northern part of the watershed, northern reservoirs are now passing increased flows downstream,” the board said.<\/p>\n

“This may lead to increasing water levels in Pembroke and stable or slowly decreasing levels between Lake\u202fCoulonge and Carillon.”<\/p>\n

A second peak still remains possible, the board added, since both the rate of snowmelt on the river’s northern reaches and the amount of rain in the imminent forecast are uncertain.<\/p>\n

\"HomesWater reaches into the backyard of a home in Ottawa’s Crystal Bay community on Wednesday. (F\u00e9lix Desroches\/CBC)What you need to know<\/p>\n

In Ottawa, there were 15 locations as of Thursday afternoon where residents could pick up sand and sandbags.<\/a><\/p>\n

The City of Ottawa keeps an updated list of road and pathway closures that can be found here<\/a>, as well as an interactive map. <\/p>\n

The City of Gatineau also has an interactive road closure map<\/a>. Several dozen roads have been affected by flooding, some of which are only accessible by boat.<\/p>\n

Any residents who need help escaping their flooded properties should call 311 and emergency crews will be dispatched, the city says<\/p>\n

A flood relief centre also opened Tuesday at the Centre sportif de Gatineau at 850 boul. de la Gappe. It’s open from noon until 8 p.m. daily.<\/p>\n

WATCH | Ottawa River flooding could pose contamination risk:\"\"<\/p>\n

Ottawa River floodwaters could pose contamination risk<\/p>\n

Flooding risk goes beyond property damage, according to public health officials. Rising waters may also pick up contaminants and could affect well water. Joseph Tunney reports.<\/p>\n

Traversiers Bourbonnais, which operates the ferry between Gatineau’s Masson-Angers area and Cumberland in east Ottawa, suspended operations on April 21 and remains closed.<\/p>\n

The Ecolos ferry between Clarence-Rockland, Ont., and Thurso, Que., is also out of service.<\/p>\n

People living in communities outside Ottawa-Gatineau are encouraged to check their municipality’s website for the latest on flooding in their area.<\/p>\n

Aside from the Ottawa River, the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority\u00a0has a flood warning in place<\/a>\u00a0for Dalhousie Lake and flood-prone areas of the Mississippi River. <\/p>\n

People should take precautions like checking sump pumps and moving valuables from basements, the authority said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-624459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}