To stay or to go? Flood-weary Quebecers ponder leaving their homes
GATINEAU, Que. — Jean Peloquin still hadn’t finished renovating his house from the last flood in 2017 when the river swept in and dumped more than a metre of water in his basement.
The repairs, which include building a new front porch and installing a waterproof foundation, were interrupted by another season of spring flooding.
“We haven’t finished with the first flood and we’re already into the second,” Peloquin said Wednesday.
Peloquin’s usually idyllic street in Rigaud, 70 km west of Montreal, was more suited to the ducks and muskrats that swam freely in the water that filled the neighbourhood.