St. Regis Canoe Classic

The St. Regis Canoe Classic began under the guidance of Karen and Keith Smith, Diane and Chris Leifheit and Jim Tucker as a local flatwater marathon canoe race held in early August with the start and finish on the shore of Lower St. Regis on the Paul Smith's college Campus.  The first St. Regis Canoe Classic was held in 1988, and with the new Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) students in charge of cooking and serving the post race picnic, the wonderful weather and the great paddlers, the race was deemed a success.
 
For the first several years (1988 - 1995) the HEOP students continued to do the preparing and cooking of the various salads, beverages, and assorted picnic foods, this race became a local favorite, and provided an opportunity for these new North Country residents to become truly members of the region.  The distances and courses have remained essentially the same over the years.
 
While the original five organizers have meandered away from conducting the St. Regis Canoe Classic, the Paul Smith's College Recreation and Athletics Department has more recently taken over this function. 
 
We are trying to locate and format race results from the early years to PDFs so they can be displayed, but thus far we have the St. Regis Canoe Classic results as far back as 1999 available.