Flooding photos: A disaster captured in pictures

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Our photographers have been busy documenting the ‘100-year flooding’ that’s been taking place on both sides of the Ottawa River. They have captured scenes of heart-breaking damage, of Mother Nature’s indomitable will, and of the resiliency of communities as they fight to protect what is theirs and to help their neighbours.

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Flooding photos: A disaster captured in pictures

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  Cpl. Nicolas Lanctot and Cpl. Jean-Robert Isabelle help Louise David back to her home Rue René in Gatineau Friday May 12, 2017. It was the first time Louise has been home since the flooding began. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia
  
  
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  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard fly over areas affected by flooding in Gatineau, Que., Thursday, May 11, 2017. POOL/THE CANADIAN PRESS
  
  
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  Water is starting to drop around Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Wednesday May 10, 2017. Home owners around the Gatineau area can only wait until the water goes away before the clean up can begin. A baby ground hog was stuck on some stairs surrounded by water on Rue Jacques-Cartier in Gatineau Wednesday. Christiane Thibault came along and gave him some food to survive Wednesday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
  
  
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  Water is starting to drop around Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Tuesday May 9, 2017. Home owners around the Gatineau area can only wait until the water goes away before the clean up can begin. Sylvie Lavoie was upset after seeing her water filled house on Rue Jacques-Cartier in Gatineau Tuesday. The couple were visiting their house trying salvage anything on the destroyed first floor. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
  
  
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  All sorts of volunteers are pitching in with sandbagging at Rue Saint-Louis and Rue Moreau in Gatineau as flooding continues throughout the region in areas along the local rivers. Wayne Cuddington/Postmedia
  
  
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  Mary Courneyea at her house on Rue Saint-Patrice in Gatineau which is now unreachable by car. She fears she will lose her house. She just put it up for sale in hopes of retiring to a very small bungalow, but now she fears she has lost everything.as flooding continues throughout the region in areas along the local rivers. Wayne Cuddington/Postmedia Wayne Cuddington/Postmedia
  
  
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  Britannia resident Janet Brown surveys how much the Ottawa River has receded from atop a wall of sandbags next to her home at the corner of Jamison and Kehoe Street. Julie Oliver/Postmedia
  
  
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  Soldiers in an armoured vehicle drive past a row boat on Rue Glaude in Gatineau as flooding continues throughout the region in areas along the local rivers. Wayne Cuddington/Postmedia
  
  
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  Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson speak together after touring an area affected by flooding in the neighbourhood of Cumberland in Ottawa on Monday, May 8, 2017. Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS
  
  
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  The Canadian Forces were called into Gatineau to help with the flooding in Gatineau Sunday May 7, 2017. CF members make their way along Rue Campeau. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  The Canadian Forces were called into Gatineau to help with the flooding in Gatineau Sunday May 7, 2017. A CF member reaches out of a Light Armoured Vehicle to volunteers passing along sandbags Sunday afternoon. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  Water is starting to drop around Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Tuesday May 9, 2017. Home owners around the Gatineau area can only wait until the water goes away before the clean up can begin. Marelyn Gosselin was shocked to see how much water was in her dad's house on Rue St-Francois-Xavier Tuesday. Photos of Marelyn and her sister Isabelle fishing on their street during a flood 22 years ago. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
  
  
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  The Canadian Forces were called into Gatineau to help with the flooding in Gatineau Sunday May 7, 2017. A CF member makes his way into the flood waters along Rue Campeau Sunday afternoon. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  An aerial view of Rockland and the Ottawa River hit by heavy flooding. Julie Oliver/Postmedia
  
  
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  The Canadian Forces were called into Gatineau to help with the flooding in Gatineau Sunday May 7, 2017. CF members make their way along Rue Campeau after filling the light armoured vehicle with sandbags. A woman watches from the doorway of a balcony above. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  An aerial view of Gatineau and the Ottawa River hit by heavy flooding. Julie Oliver/Postmedia
  
  
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  The Canadian Forces were called into Gatineau to help with the flooding in Gatineau Sunday May 7, 2017. CF members make their way along Rue Campeau. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  A woman stands on the step of a home at the corner of Rue Blais and Rue Adelard where the heavy flooding has hit in the Gatineau area Sunday May 7, 2017. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  Heavy flooding in the Gatineau area has cars submerged Sunday May 7, 2017. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  Sandy Yzh co-owner of the Lighthouse general store and restaurant surveys the water damage caused by flooding, in the community of Constance Bay about 40kms West of Ottawa on the Ottawa River, Tuesday May 9, 2017. Fred Chartrand/THE CANADIAN PRESS
  
  
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  A pedestrian walks across the Chaudiere bridge as high waters on the Ottawa river pass just under Saturday May 6, 2017 in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS
  
  
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  Alex McCalden, nine, puts his back into it as part of the volunteer effort at Constance and Buckham's Bay Community Centre filling sandbags and loading up trucks Saturday morning. Constance Bay has been hit with major flooding May 6, 2017. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  Constance and Buckham's Bay Community Centre was filled with volunteers filling sandbags Saturday morning. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  Constance Bay has been hit with major flooding May 6, 2017. Constance and Buckham's Bay Community Centre was filled with volunteers filling sandbags Saturday morning. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  Constance Bay has been hit with major flooding May 6, 2017. This sandbag wall is normally over 6 feet above where the water level of the Ottawa River would normally be. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  A man kayaks in Britannia Bay Park in Ottawa Monday April 24, 2017. High water still have park of the park flooded. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
  
  
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  Kim Brant and a good friend fill sandbags to place around her home in Constance Bay. The area has been hit with major flooding May 6, 2017. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  Firefighters check on a resident as the residents of Constance Bay deal with the Ottawa River rising to record levels and flooding the region. Wayne Cuddington/Postmedia
  
  
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  Constance Bay has been hit with major flooding May 6, 2017 and sometimes you step a little deeper than your boots. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis area in Gatineau Thursday May 4, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. A woman and her dog examine the flooding on Rue Jacques-Cartier Thursday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
  
  
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  Flooding of the Ottawa River has caused the city to close Trim Road going into Petrie Island Saturday April 22, 2017. Paddlers L-R Oliver Bibeau and Chris Tyler make their way along where Trim Road would normally be. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  Réjean Belcourt paddles down Saint-François-Xavier Street Gatineau in a canoe Friday April 21, 2017. More rain Friday caused more flooding in Gatineau. Rejoin decided to make the best of it as he paddled around the block he lives on Friday. Tony Caldwell Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
  

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