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 7th. 2025.

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.  The time of the pre-race briefing will be posted at check-in.

Parking

PLEASE NOTE!!  Due to construction taking place at Cooke Dam, there will be no parking allowed in the loop next to the dam (the area passed the stone wall by the boat launch).  We must also keep the parking areas for the boat launch open.  Paddlers and spectators will be able to park alongside Cooke Dam Rd and walk across the dam to the portage area via a designated path.  Please plan your arrival accordingly as parking along Cooke Dam Rd will likely be congested.

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 hours.

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 Canoer’s Memorial.

A minimum of the Top 32 Expert-1 teams, and the Top 5 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 hour.

Post-Race

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

A minimum of the Top 20 C-1 racers will earn prizes.