The Red River's water levels appear to have stabilized near Winnipeg, but massive chunks of ice have jammed north of the city.
Less than 40 kilometres away from the provincial capital, Selkirk Mayor David Bell told The Canadian Press that ice has piled up in front of his home and half a dozen other houses.
On Saturday, he said the sheer power of the ice jam has toppled groves of 70-year-old trees.
Meanwhile, Winnipeg has cancelled its appeal for hundreds of volunteers to help lay sandbags. Officials said the conditions have again changed, and it now looks the city will escape flooding.
The city had originally been looking for between 500 and 700 volunteers to sign up for sandbagging duties.
Jay Anderson, a meteorologist at the University of Manitoba, told CTV Newsnet Friday that southern Winnipeg appears to have been spared after a massive ice jam broke up.
However, swollen waters west of Winnipeg are being blamed for an accident which has left an 8-year-old boy in critical condition.
Samuel Gross was playing near a fast-moving creek when he slipped into the water and was sucked into a culvert. Samuel was underwater for about 10 minutes before he was recovered.
On Saturday, his aunt Susan Gross told CTV Winnipeg that a doctor has told the family "everything is going the way it should."
With files from The Canadian Press and CTV Winnipeg
