AuSable River Canoe Marathon
Past Champions

Race #YearBow PaddlerStern PaddlerWinning TimeMargin of Victory
11947Allen Carr (28 - Grayling, MI)Delbert Case (21 - Grayling, MI)21:03:000:24:00
21948Frank "Bud" Bissonette (23 - Oscoda, MI)Hugh Bissonette (20 - Oscoda, MI)19:58:000:13:00
31949Frank "Bud" Bissonette (24 - Oscoda, MI)Hugh Bissonette (21 - Oscoda, MI)18:57:000:28:00
41950Ted Engel, Jr. (20 - Gaylord, MI)Jay Stephan, Sr. (24 - Grayling, MI)18:32:000:20:00
51951Ted Engel, Jr. (21 - Gaylord, MI)Jay Stephan, Sr. (25 - Grayling, MI)17:36:550:42:00
61952Ted Engel, Jr. (22 - Gaylord, MI)Jay Stephan, Sr. (26 - Grayling, MI)17:48:000:06:00
71953Don Feldhauser (30 - Grayling, MI)Bernie Fowler (27 - Vanderbilt, MI)17:33:000:38:00
81954Don Feldhauser (31 - Grayling, MI)Bernie Fowler (28 - Grayling, MI)17:33:000:39:00
91955Don Feldhauser (32 - Grayling, MI)Bernie Fowler (29 - Grayling, MI)17:38:300:15:00
101956Ralph Sawyer (19 - Oscoda, MI)Tom Gildersleeve (22 - Oscoda, MI)16:58:000:12:00
111957Ralph Sawyer (20 - Oscoda, MI)Jerry Wagner (27 - Oscoda, MI)17:19:450:14:00
121958Larry Kindell (24 - National City, MI)Steven Kolonich (38 - East Tawas, MI)16:41:000:27:00
131959Ralph Sawyer (22 - Oscoda, MI)Jerry Wagner (29 - Oscoda, MI)16:56:000:12:30
141960Sanford McGuire (24 - Mikado, MI)Edward Wojahn (21 - Tawas City, MI)16:11:550:10:15
151961Victor Kindell (31 - National City, MI)Larry Kindell (27 - National City, MI)9:49:250:01:55
161962Ralph Sawyer (25 - Oscoda, MI)Ron Hohman (21 - Oscoda, MI)15:25:170:17:08
171963Irvin "Buzz" Peterson (39 - Coon Rapids, MN)Ron Hohman (22 - Oscoda, MI)15:09:040:10:53
181964Irvin "Buzz" Peterson (40 - Coon Rapids, MN)Ralph Sawyer (27 - Oscoda, MI)15:06:050:21:12
191965Irvin "Buzz" Peterson (41 - Minneapolis, MN)Ralph Sawyer (28 - Oscoda, MI)16:11:540:13:04
201966Gerald Lauwers (29 - East Tawas, MI)Ron Hohman (25 - Oscoda, MI)16:00:490:10:12
211967Ralph Sawyer (30 - Oscoda, MI)Stan Hall (32 - Oscoda, MI)15:40:290:06:17
221968Ralph Sawyer (31 - Oscoda, MI)Stan Hall (33 - Oscoda, MI)15:31:430:08:25
-1969~~ No Race ~~~~ No Race ~~--:--:---:--:--
231970Claude Corbin (25 - Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)Luc Robillard (28 - Quebec City, QC)15:42:000:04:00
241971Irvin "Buzz" Peterson (47 - Coon Rapids, MN)Steve Peterson (22 - Coon Rapids, MN)15:36:400:03:20
251972Jerry Kellogg (28 - Twin Lake, MI)Luc Robillard (30 - Quebec City, QC)15:20:500:32:34
261973Jerry Kellogg (29 - Twin Lake, MI)Luc Robillard (31 - Quebec City, QC)14:56:200:31:19
271974Jerry Kellogg (30 - Twin Lake, MI)Jeff Kellogg (29 - Morley, MI)14:40:090:35:08
281975Jerry Kellogg (31 - Twin Lake, MI)Jeff Kellogg (30 - Morley, MI)14:59:070:06:59
291976John Baker (34 - Grayling, MI)John Schwartz (24 - Williamston, MI)15:14:100:13:10
301977Claude Corbin (32 - Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)Serge Corbin (20 - Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)15:17:420:05:00
311978John Baker (36 - Grayling, MI)Jay Stephan, Jr. (27 - Grayling, MI)15:06:260:10:55
321979Claude Corbin (34 - Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)Serge Corbin (22 - Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)14:40:290:00:06
331980John Baker (38 - Grayling, MI)Ron Williams (39 - Smither, BC)14:48:310:20:23
341981John Baker (39 - Grayling, MI)Ken Brown (23 - Saint Clair Shores, MI)14:29:010:21:14
351982Butch Stockton (33 - Higgins Lake, MI)Brett Stockton (19 - Grayling, MI)14:38:270:05:01
361983Butch Stockton (34 - Higgins Lake, MI)Brett Stockton (20 - Grayling, MI)14:38:360:23:23
371984Butch Stockton (35 - Higgins Lake, MI)Solomon Carrière (27 - Cumberland House, SK)14:20:400:16:11
381985Butch Stockton (36 - Higgins Lake, MI)Brett Stockton (22 - Grayling, MI)14:35:530:07:23
391986Butch Stockton (37 - Higgins Lake, MI)Brett Stockton (23 - Grayling, MI)14:30:380:05:12
401987Serge Corbin (30 - Saint-Boniface, QC)Brett Stockton (24 - Grayling, MI)14:34:320:09:03
411988Serge Corbin (31 - Saint-Boniface, QC)Brett Stockton (25 - Grayling, MI)14:20:000:04:01
421989Al Rudquist (29 - Grand Rapids, MN)Randy Drake (35 - Virginia Beach, VA)14:38:180:03:09
431990Serge Corbin (33 - Saint-Boniface, QC)Brett Stockton (27 - Grayling, MI)14:43:350:01:31
441991Serge Corbin (34 - Saint-Boniface, QC)Brett Stockton (28 - Grayling, MI)14:33:300:01:33
451992Serge Corbin (35 - Saint-Boniface, QC)Brett Stockton (29 - Grayling, MI)14:51:460:01:24
461993Serge Corbin (36 - Saint-Boniface, QC)Solomon Carrière (36 - Cumberland House, SK)14:23:030:01:50
471994Serge Corbin (37 - Saint-Boniface, QC)Solomon Carrière (37 - Cumberland House, SK)13:58:080:09:52
481995Patrick Lynch (31 - Shawinigan, QC)Jim Harwood (31 - Grayling, MI)14:20:400:04:02
491996Jeff Kolka (37 - Grayling, MI)Serge Corbin (39 - Saint-Boniface, QC)14:04:050:37:34
501997Jeff Kolka (38 - Grayling, MI)Serge Corbin (40 - Saint-Boniface, QC)14:19:360:06:18
511998Jeff Kolka (39 - Grayling, MI)Serge Corbin (41 - Saint-Boniface, QC)14:15:470:35:27
521999Jeff Kolka (40 - Grayling, MI)Serge Corbin (42 - Saint-Boniface, QC)14:08:180:18:00
532000Jeff Kolka (41 - Grayling, MI)Serge Corbin (43 - Saint-Boniface, QC)14:48:000:14:32
542001Jeff Kolka (42 - Grayling, MI)Serge Corbin (44 - Saint-Boniface, QC)15:06:480:08:58
552002Jeff Kolka (43 - Grayling, MI)Serge Corbin (45 - Saint-Boniface, QC)15:04:560:05:26
562003Jeff Kolka (44 - Grayling, MI)Serge Corbin (46 - Saint-Boniface, QC)14:55:030:01:48
572004Andrew Triebold (28 - Spring Arbor, MI)Steve Lajoie (28 - Mirabel, QC)14:59:460:00:13
582005Jeff Kolka (46 - Grayling, MI)Serge Corbin (48 - Saint-Boniface, QC)14:56:110:00:01
592006Allen Limberg (48 - Wausau, WI)Jim Harwood (42 - Grayling, MI)14:33:500:14:35
602007Andrew Triebold (31 - Spring Arbor, MI)Matthew Rimer (23 - Grayling, MI)14:48:550:00:38
612008Andrew Triebold (32 - Spring Arbor, MI)Steve Lajoie (32 - Mirabel, QC)14:09:060:23:25
622009Andrew Triebold (33 - Spring Arbor, MI)Steve Lajoie (33 - Mirabel, QC)14:17:420:11:36
632010Andrew Triebold (34 - Spring Arbor, MI)Steve Lajoie (34 - Mirabel, QC)14:17:290:14:08
642011Andrew Triebold (35 - Grayling, MI)Steve Lajoie (35 - Mirabel, QC)14:41:000:17:32
652012Andrew Triebold (36 - Grayling, MI)Steve Lajoie (36 - Mirabel, QC)14:42:430:15:53
662013Andrew Triebold (37 - Grayling, MI)Steve Lajoie (37 - Mirabel, QC)14:20:240:12:08
672014Andrew Triebold (38 - Grayling, MI)Steve Lajoie (38 - Mirabel, QC)14:36:180:08:06
682015Andrew Triebold (39 - Grayling, MI)Steve Lajoie (39 - Mirabel, QC)14:31:560:08:57
692016Christophe Proulx (21 - Shawinigan, QC)Ryan Halstead (29 - Grayling, MI)14:29:260:00:01
702017Christophe Proulx (22 - Shawinigan, QC)Samuel Frigon (21 - St-Étienne-des-Grès, QC)14:18:450:00:01
712018Andrew Triebold (42 - Grayling, MI)Steve Lajoie (42 - Mirabel, QC)14:17:360:16:42
722019Andrew Triebold (43 - Grayling, MI)Steve Lajoie (43 - Mirabel, QC)14:15:340:04:39
-2020~~ No Race ~~~~ No Race ~~--:--:---:--:--
732021Jorden Wakeley (31 - Grayling, MI)Matt Meersman (44 - South Bend, IN)13:54:090:13:28
742022Steve Lajoie (46 - Mirabel, QC)Guillaume Blais (36 - Saint-Boniface, QC)14:36:170:02:13
752023Wesley Dean (28 - Traverse City, MI)Steve Lajoie (47 - Mirabel, QC)14:23:060:02:42
762024Mike Davis (33 - Homer, MI)Guillaume Blais (38 - Saint-Boniface, QC)14:35:260:07:55
772025Travis Mecklenburg (22 - Grayling, MI)Weston Willoughby (34 - Traverse City, MI)14:17:070:03:36
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Notes

  • The 1961 Marathon was held from near Camp Ten Bridge (Mio) to Oscoda.
  • The 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, and 1968 Marathons were held as two-day races, instead of non-stop races (Day 1: Grayling to Mio. Day 2: Mio to Oscoda).
  • The 1989 Marathon was won as a result of a 10-minute penalty to Steve Landick & Solomon Carrière (14:37:28).
  • The Marathon was cancelled in 1969 and in 2020.

 

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