Gravenhurst officials are monitoring the snowpack with an eye to possible area flooding.
With the warming spring temperatures combined with winter snowpack, high water levels in lakes and rivers are possible.
They say levels have been rising on a daily basis since February 10th and increasing in some waterways despite the slow melt.
Mayor Paul Kelly says Town emergency planners are in constant communication with the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Trent Severn Waterway and are prepared to deal with high water levels to the best extent possible should they occur.
The Town has established five locations where sand/sandbags are available to residents that may be affected.
Those locations are
Cowbell Lane (at the end of the lane)
Severn River Road East (at cul-de-sac at Hwy 11)
Sunshine Court
Muskoka Bay Park
(and) the Municipal Public Works Yard located at 1054 Crawford Road.
Officials ask you to be extremely diligent when venturing out near waterways as well as travelling along roads.
Conditions can change quickly, sometimes in only the matter of a few hours.