April 4, 2025 Crowe Valley Conservation Authority Flood Warning

The Crowe Valley Conservation Authority has issued the following FLOOD WARNING effective immediately, 10:00 AM, 4 April 2025 and will be updated 7 April 2025 or as conditions warrant.

FLOOD WARNING

Due to heavy rainfall on the 2nd and 3rd of April 2025 combined with the ongoing snowmelt of the remaining snowpack in the CVCA  watershed, water levels and flows are rising at a rate which will cause flooding. Water continues to be collected quickly in the tributaries of the Crowe River and are now swelling the main rivers, including the Crowe River, Beaver Creek and the North River. 
Therefore, a FLOOD WARNING has been issued, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. Current upward trends at this rate of rise are expected to continue for at least the next 48 hours.

High levels and flows are being experienced throughout the watershed. Areas currently experiencing flooding or the potential for serious flooding include 1) the Crowe River from Cordova Lake south through the Village of Marmora until the Crowe empties into the Trent River, 2) Beaver Creek in the Marmora area and 3) Paudash Lake, Wollaston Lake, Chandos Lake, St. Ola (Limerick) Lake, Steenburg Lake, Cordova Lake, Belmont Lake and Crowe Lake. Municipalities, emergency services and individuals in flood prone 
areas should be prepared as these areas are especially at risk at this time for serious flooding.
Increased flows and water levels on lakes, rivers and their tributaries are hazardous. Parents need to inform their children of these conditions.

Therefore, the CVCA urges everyone, especially children to stay away from all dams, weirs, hydro generating plants, bridges. springtime conditions on watercourses can easily create dangerous situations causing harm or drowning accidents leading to fatalities. 

Stay away from ice covered surfaces, ditches and tributaries – water flows continue to increase rapidly.

CVCA staff will continue to monitor levels and flows daily and the CVCA office will be open 24 hours for the duration of the Flood Warning. If there are any questions or concerns, contact Tim Pidduck, CVCA General Manager or Neil McConkey, Water Resources Supervisor at 613-472-3137. The CVCA includes portions of the municipalities of Trent Hills, Stirling-Rawdon, Marmora and Lake, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, North Kawartha, Wollaston, Limerick, Tudor and Cashel, Faraday and Highlands East