C-2 Race Entry Information

$30.00 entry fee per team if Pre-Registered.  To pre-register, download the Pre-Registration form here
$40.00 entry fee per team day of event, if not Pre-Registered

Fill out the form and mail to:
Curley Memorial Canoe Race, P.O. Box 652, Oscoda, MI. 48750
Make checks payable to Justin Griffith.

Pre-Registration forms must be received by July 10th. 2023.

Pre-Race

Check-In Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. for both Expert-1 and Expert-2 classes at Cooke Dam. If Pre-Registered, you must check-in at the registration table and sign a waiver.

The Pre-Race Briefing is MANDATORY for all racers. A roll-call may be held to verify attendance.  The time of the pre-race briefing will be posted at check-in.

C-2 Race & Course

Race starts at 9:00 a.m. at the embankment wall of Cooke Dam.
Canoers paddle upstream to round a buoy, and then come back to portage over the dam and continue downstream.
Canoers portage a second time at Foote Dam and then proceed to the Finish Line just upstream of the Mill Street Bridge near the AuSable Inn.
The Expert-2 class will start first, with the Expert-1 class starting when the last Expert-2 team has portaged Cooke Dam.

Winning time is approx. 2.5 hrs.

The 2023 Curley Memorial Canoe Race is also the 2023 Expert-2 State Championship race!

Post-Race Awards Picnic

Following the C-2 race, there is a MCRA Awards Picnic (approximately 1:00 p.m.), at the American Legion Pavilion, 349 S. State St., Oscoda.
A donation jar will be setup, and donation proceeds go to benefit the MCRA Canoers Memorial on River Rd. Eating begins around 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. with awards following.

Racers who fail to receive their prize at the Awards Picnic, will have their prize donated to the MCRA Canoers Memorial.

Total Expert-1 & Expert-2 Prize Purse of $3,500; a minimum of the Top 50 Expert-1 teams, and the Top 10 Expert-2 teams will earn prizes.

C-1 Race Entry Information

$15 entry per paddler

Pre-Race

Check-In Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. at the AuSable Children’s Park (at the corner of Harbor St. and O’Toole St.)
The time of the pre-race briefing will be posted at check-in.

C-1 Race & Course

Race starts at 10:00 a.m. at the AuSable Children’s Park. Paddlers will race two (2) laps from Children’s Park to round a buoy just downstream of the railroad trestle bridge, and back. This allows for better spectating of the paddlers in town.

Winning time is about 1 hr.

Post-Race

Awards immediately following the conclusion of the C-1 race at the AuSable Children’s Park.

Minimum prize pool of $1,000; a minimum of the Top 20 C-1 racers will earn prizes.