"[2] Over 8 feet (2.4 m) of water flooded parts of Chicoutimi and La Baie, completely levelling an entire neighbourhood.

Estimates reach CA$1.5 billion in damages, a cost made greater by the disaster's occurrence at the height of the tourist season.

Post-flood enquiries discovered that the network of dikes and dams protecting the city of Chicoutimi was poorly maintained.

[3] An unexpected effect of the flood was to cover the heavily contaminated sediments at the bottom of the Saguenay and Ha!

Because of this, research has shown that the old sediments are no longer a threat to ecosystems and the river will not have to be dredged and treated to control contamination.