A very successful Mattawa River Canoe Race with 63 teams taking part in the 64 km competitive event.

Mark Clout from Port Colborne and Dean Brown from Hamilton had the best time of 6:03:05.

They topped Art Walker-Jones of Winnipeg and Glen Dawson of Bracebridge by about 5 minutes.

7 other teams entered the family and junior races.

Tim and Pat Turner of Prince George, BC set a record in the Stock Men’s C2 category and Carol Zimbalati and Mark Swain from Corbeil were first in the Mixed A Recreational category.

4 guys

photo-left to right- Dean Brown, Mark Clout, Tim Turner and Pat Turner