Rising flood waters from the Magnetawan Watershed are pouring into backyards, drowning cottages, and devastating homeowners.

Leslie Vanschepen and her husband, Bob, have a cottage rental business in Katrine, about 30 minutes north of Huntville, and now they are now praying their business can be salvaged.

“A lot of our furniture and appliances are destroyed. The appliances we have to look at to see if they’ll survive or we’ll have to replace.” said Leslie.

“It’s going to be a ‘wait and see’ game to see how we come out of it and how much damage we have and how long it’s going to take to fix.” said Bob.

Other homeowners tell CTV News this is the worst flood the hamlet has had in years and that water levels began rising more than a week ago, but they haven’t received much help.

Doug Landry is a longtime resident that is being impacted by the flood waters.

“I’ve been here since ‘82. So, this is the worst flooding since 1982, from what I’ve seen. It’s across the road, it’s up to the bridge over there.” said Landry.

Armour Township held a town hall meeting for affected residents where about 150 homeowners showed up.

Trish Breininger attended the meeting and she’s furious with the way the township has handled the situation. She is wondering why a state of emergency has not been declared.

“We were told that the township was handling it. We should have had the meeting over a week and a half ago when we knew, through the MNR, that our water levels were going to be high.” said Breininger.

Township officials could not speak on camera; however, over the phone, a spokesperson tells CTV News that staff are taking measures to ensure all affected residents are safe.

But homeowners in the area, that spoke to CTV News, don’t buy that one bit.

“We’re suffering. And I just don’t want our little hamlet of Katrine, Ontario and the people here, to not be acknowledged.” said Breininger.

Meanwhile, the township has given out sand bags to impacted homeowners and has set up an ‘emergency control group,’ which the township says will mitigate damage control.

At this time, it is unknown when water levels will recede.