The National Weather Service has canceled a flood warning issued Saturday as waters continue to recede Monday morning.

“We started seeing structural timber,” one resident said. “And then I was like, ‘Oh, my God. That’s from houses upstream.'”

Juneau resident James Wycoff noticed on his regular walks to Nugget Falls that the face of the glacier seemed to be retreating faster this year than he’s ever seen before. The Mendenhall Glacier’s terminus retreated more than 800 feet.

“It was a beautiful event that we were lucky to have survived,” Andrew Hooper said.

“When I first started six years ago, icebergs like this were more common,” says a tour boat captain on the lake near Anchorage.

It's possible the trio’s canoe was upset by a calving, or shedding, piece of ice. Although all three were wearing life jackets, none was wearing a wetsuit to protect against the frigid water.

Authorities in Alaska are investigating the deaths of three kayakers whose bodies were found in the water of a glacier.