MORE THAN

​$10 000 in prizes

GRAND RAFFLE PRIZE
​CLIPPER WW II ULTRALIGHT
​and more!!!​

AN EVENT
FOR
EVERYONE
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TWO CLASSES

ALEXANDER MACKENZIE 67.5 km
Tandem Only

SIMON FRASER 25 km
​​All watercraft except inflatables.  
​(i.e., Canoe's, Kayak, SUPs)

*SEE RACE INFO FOR DETAILS*

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2015 FAST FACTS

• Race ran from 1960-1984 and after a 31 year hiatus, this was the largest canoe race event in the history of Prince George and British Columbia!
• Northern Hardware was the major sponsor carrying on the tradition and the original founder Donn Moffat was on hand to present awards!
• We had over 120 paddlers and 60 canoe’s ranging from beginners to experts and from ages 10 to 75!!
• Many alumni paddlers showed up to paddle!
• We had an entire First Nations, Carrier Sekani women’s team paddling a voyageur canoe!
• Farthest travelled: First Nations team from Pukatawagen, Manitoba!
• Others came from Saskatchewan, Washington, the Okanogan and Vancouver Island to compliment local paddlers!
• An incredible post event salmon BBQ at Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park hosted by Integris Credit Union and Native Friendship Center Smokehouse Kitchen!
• In a Canada Winter Games year --- we had an incredible pool of 30 contributing businesses ranging from major sponsors (5) to the corporate challenge and the raffle prize draw pool (25)!  Interest from other corporations to participate in a future event is growing!
• OVER $15 000 dollars in cash prizes and incredible raffle prizes for all including a Clipper Tripper Canoe!
• Of the 32 canoe’s undertaking the challenging Alexander Mackenzie route from Isle Pierre – 2 capsized in the Isle Pierre Rapids and 8 in the famous White Mud Rapids!   They will be back to conquer the white water sections! 
• Our incredible jet boat team of 6 jet boats all with SAR personnel were on hand to assist and get the paddlers back into the race!
• Prince George Tourism had a film crew filming the whole event!
• An incredible team of nearly 30 volunteers in varying roles!
• Through corporate challenge, we raised an incredible $1000 dollars for the kids of Harwin Elementary – Harwin Frozen Warriors, an inner city school to have the opportunity to participate in sport with access to Otway Cross Country Ski Center and ski rentals for the PG Iceman!
• And many more great event facts / stories!