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Ticonderoga Historic Portage Canoe Race
The Town of Ticonderoga welcomes you to the Ticonderoga Historic Portage Canoe Race.
Web Site: http://www.townofticonderoga.com/canoe.html
Date: Sunday, Augt. 28th, 2005
Location: Ticonderoga, NY, on Lake George and the La Chute River
Featuring: 7.5 mile competitive race with a 1.3 mile portage (wheels OK)
4 mile fun race without a portage
Pre-registration: Jim Cunningham (pre-register by mail on or before Aug. 25)
26 Amherst Ave.
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
518-585-7291
Registration: 7.5 mile Marathon Race: 10:00 am, Mossy Point Boat Launch, Ticonderoga
4 mile Fun Race: (no portage) 11:30 am, Bicentennial Park, Ticonderoga
Race Starts: 7.5 mile Marathon Race: 11:00 am (Mossy Point Boat Launch, Lake George)
4 mile Fun Race: 12:00 (Kissing Bridge, Bicentennial Park)
Entry Fee: $15 per paddler (youth $5.00)
Awards: Marathon Race 1st, 2nd , 3rd place medals (no age classes)
Fun Race medals to all finishers
Class Specs: http://www.townofticonderoga.com/canoe/specifications.html
Classes: 7.5 mile Marathon Race
o C1 Men
o C1 Women
o C2 Men
o C2 Women
o C2 Mixed
o C1 Stock Men
o C1 Stock Women
o C2 Stock Men
o C2 Stock Women
o C2 Stock Mixed
o C2 Youth
o K1 Marathon Men
o K1 Marathon Women
4 mile Fun Race (combined class race)
Fee: $15 per person, Youth, 16 and under, $5.
Waiver:
I attest and verify that I am physically fit and have sufficiently trained for this event. I assume all risks associated with participation in this event, including, but not limited to falls, contact with other participants, effects of weather, including high heat and humidity, traffic and the courses. Having read this waiver and in consideration of your accepting my entry, for myself and anyone entitled to act in my behalf waive and release the Town of Ticonderoga, and all sponsors, their representatives and successors, from all injuries, claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of participation in this event. I also am aware that everyone have Coast Guard Approved Life Vest in the boat.
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Race (Circle) 7.5 mile marathon race, 4 mile fun race.
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Race (Circle) 7.5 mile marathon race, 4 mile fun race.
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Course Map:
Marathon Race Course Description:
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The race starts at Mossy Point Boat Launch on the northeast corner of Lake George.
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The paddlers race north and complete a loop in the channel.
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The canoe is portaged (portage wheels ok, can be left) north on Water Street
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Right onto Alexandria Blvd.
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North onto Champlain Avenue.
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East on Montcalm Road to Bicentennial Park and the beginning of the La Chute River.
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The canoe is then carried across the covered bridge to the boat launch, at the foot of the falls.
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Paddlers then race down the La Chute for 2 miles, turn a buoy, and finish as Kissing bridge.
Fun Race
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The fun race will start and end at the lower falls in Bicentennial Park, racing only on the La Chute, without the portage, and will finish at Kissing Bridge.
Directions to Mossy Point Boat Launch:
From the intersection of route 74 and route 9:
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South on route 9
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East (left) on Montcalm Road (around traffic circle and monument)
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South (right) on Lake George Ave
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East (left) on Alexandria Ave
Background:
Ticonderoga was key to the continent of North America. The British were in possession of territory to the south, and the French were in control to the north. The passageway for trappers, traders, and invading armies was "the portage" upon which you will race.
British General Lord Howe, in July 1758 led 16,000 British troops against the French-held fortress Carillon, later called Fort Ticonderoga.
The British landed on the opposite shore of the race starting area (N on the below map). Finding the bridge leading to Carillon burned out by retreating French soldiers, they marched on the west side of Lake George's channel, looking for a crossing. On the way, Lord Howe was killed by a French Patrol (Letter L).
Now lead by Abercromby, an ineffectual leader, the army camped at the lower falls, now Bicentennial Park and the finish line of the race (G on map).
Lord Howe had been called "the best soldier in the British army," and his death in the Battle of Ticonderoga Falls so shocked his Majesties forces that they wound up marching directly on Carillon and were utterly defeated. They outnumbered the French garrison at Carillon 5 to 1, but suffered thousands of casualties.
Links:
Motel http://www.townofticonderoga.com/lodging/lodging.html Food http://www.townofticonderoga.com/dining/dining.html
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