Rigaud

Thousands of Canadians across the country spent the weekend in a desperate struggle with rising floodwaters caused by unusually persistent rainfall.

Flood waters are continuing to threaten hundreds of homes in the Montreal-area town of Rigaud.

Homes are flooded as the Ottawa River reached its highest levels in decades. Photojournalist Alex Tétreault waded into parts of the flood zone in Gatineau and here's what he found out.