The Canadian Armed Forces are in Bracebridge Sunday to try to stem the damage of the flooding Muskoka River. City News reporter Erica Natividad is in the town known as the Heart of Muskoka reporting and taking the photos seen in this gallery. Mayor Graydon Smith says a total of 60 reservists from Toronto are being deployed with 30 already in the area assisting with sandbagging and delivery efforts and another 30 on the way. Smith says 27,000 sandbags have been distributed up to this point. “This flood event is not over yet, sadly,” said Mr. Smith.
MAYOR ANGRY AT JET SKIS, TOURIST BOAT
The mayor denounced people on jet skis and a boat at the mouth of the river “touring around” on Saturday. “First of all its very dangerous for them to be doing it due to the massive amount of debris in the water and how fast the water is moving,” explained Smith. “Second of all, there are people down there actively trying to sandbag their properties and then they had to deal with this wake off these watercraft that were going through there.”