Real test on the way to peak levels in the Ottawa River

With water levels expected to peak tomorrow or Wednesday already record-high in the Ottawa River, people in the National Capital Region are anxiously watching and waiting to see how bad they will be.

According to the latest update of the Ottawa River Planning Board at 5 p.m.ET Sunday, the upstream river reached record-breaking levels in Lac Coulonge, Arnprior, Ont., and west Ottawa Britannia neighbourhood.

For Lac Coulonge, records for those areas date back to 1985 and for the other two areas in 1950.