Fifty-nine teams from across the province, a few from out of province, and even one paddler from out of the country participated in North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority’s Mattawa River Canoe Race Saturday.
Paddlers launched from Olmsted Beach, North Bay, and made their way through the 64 km trek, five mandatory portages, and average water levels to Mattawa Island, competing for the top spot in the race presented by Susan Weiskopf, Senior Financial Planner - IG.
Sebastien Courville of Golden Lake and Gaetan Plourde of North Gower captured the Fastest Overall Time trophy, finishing with a time of 6:03:33 in the C2 Stock Men’s category, breaking the previous record of 6:17:36 (2017).
The record was broken in the Open Kayak Category by Roburt Tranter from London with a time of 6:28:47, breaking the previous record of 6:32:32 (2017).
Another record was broken in the Open SUP Category by Tim Oliver from Clarksburg with a time of 7:05:42, breaking the previous record of 7:23:57 (2018).
An additional 10 teams took part in the 13 km family and adult races, launched from Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park.
Visit the website for full results.
