The water levels don't appear to be as high...yet...as a couple years back.
This is a picture I took of the locks at Yonges Point 2 or 3 years ago and you can see the water is right up to the top of the cement wall where the boats tie up waiting to pass thru.
And this is the same lock yesterday, the water is probably a foot higher than normal but still alot lower then before.
And this is the dam at Yonges Point yesterday.
All this massive amount of water heading south thru the Kawarthas has to funnel thru the narrow Ottonabee River from Lakefield down to Rice Lake and it's a real balancing act for those in charge. If they let too much water thru at once they flood the homes on the river, and if they don't let enough thru, they flood the area north.