People were kayaking and catching fish on flooded Toronto streets

The city was slammed with historic levels of rainfall on Tuesday, with Toronto Fire crews responding to 1,700 calls for help, including many rescues of people stranded in the deluge.

But others made the best of a bad situation, turning flooded Toronto roads into new transportation corridors for intrepid boaters and an opportunity for some inland fishing.

Access to Cherry Beach this year has been limited due to a malfunctioning bridge, and flooded roadways in the Port Lands area only made it more inaccessible on Tuesday.

But none of that matters if you own a kayak, like the group seen kayaking in the vicinity of the beach following yesterday's storm.

#WATCH: Two guys were seen kayaking in Toronto on the road to Cherry Beach. pic.twitter.com/nnkMugpktt

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Meanwhile, the stretch of Bayview Avenue along the banks of the Don River was one of the worst-affected streets in the city — that is, unless you were trying to catch some fish.

A clip circulating since Tuesday evening shows a pair wrangling a large carp from the thoroughfare.

Someone grabbed a carp out of the floodwater on Bayview Ave
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A peak of 167,000 Toronto Hydro customers were without power following Tuesday's storm, and despite the frustrations and disruptions caused by the deluge, locals found a way to turn it into a memorable moment in history.

So, take that, Venice!