Water from Lake Nipissing is breaching sandbags and flooding parts of Jocko Point Road.

“From the water to the road is about 200 feet and some properties are completely immersed,” says Denise Edmunds.

She tells our newsroom there’s flooding in the 1400 and 1700 blocks of Jocko Point Road and further down the street, too.

Edmunds says the waves are two to three feet high with the windy conditions.

“It got really bad through the night last night, there was minor flooding prior to that in various properties, but it wasn’t major like today,” she says. “I guess the wind from the east is what’s causing it, I believe.”

Edmunds also says they haven’t heard about possible evacuations yet.

“We haven’t heard anything at this point, if we’re going to be evacuated or if we’re waiting it out, we’re waiting to hear,” she says.

Geneviève Couchie, Nipissing First Nation Communications Officer, tells BayToday no evacuation order has been issued, yet.

The Nipissing First Nation website says sand bags are being distributed from the Jocko Point Fire Hall with two sand piles — one near the pow wow grounds and another near the Fire Hall.

Each household in low lying areas will receive a maximum of 300 bags per lot.

Additional bags will be subject to a site inspection.

The flood warning is in effect until next Wednesday, with Lake Nipissing’s water level expected to continue to rise and peak in about two weeks.

 

(Photos submitted by Denise and Herb Edmunds)