Constance Bay battles back from the flood, with help from Mennonites

It was on May 3 of last year that Christine Smith saw her house floating away, literally lifted off its foundation in Constance Bay by the Ottawa River’s unstoppable floodwaters.
For good measure, the foundation crumbled as well.
All up and down the shore, homes were inundated by cold, muddy water that brought dirt and, after the flood receded, mould. Many houses were damaged, but the home where the Smiths lived for 16 years was destroyed.
“We lost it all. Everything,” Christin