2024 SYTTENDE MAI CANOE RACE
The Syttende Mai Canoe Route is 3.5-mile going down the Yahara River, with one portage at the Forton Street Bridge in downtown Stoughton ending near Mandt Park on Riverside Drive.
The race launch point is 2714 Yahara Rd, 53589. No parking is available at the launch point, so please unload and move your vehicles right away.
REGISTRATION--The entry fee is $40 per canoe. Registration includes an official Canoe Shirt for each participant. Early registration allows us for proper shirt ordering. Registrations received after May 1st are not guaranteed a race-day shirt. There will be no "day-of" or "on-site" registrations.
GUIDELINES:
1. Maximum length of 17'
2. Each canoe must weigh 50 lbs. or more!
3. Each canoe is allowed one (1) extra paddle
4. One (1) U.S. Coast Guard approved life vest per person required.
NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALLOWED IN CANOES! ETHNIC WEAR WELCOMED!
PLEASE – NO INAPPROPRIATE ATTIRE – THANK YOU
Please remind spectators that there is ample parking available after dropping off canoes at Oak Knoll Park on the corner of Williams Drive & Hwy B. There are good spots to watch the race on the bridge at Hwy B, at Forton Street Bridge and at the finish line near Mandt Park.
Directions to Start of Race: Williams Dr to Yahara Rd. GPS: 2714 Yahara Rd, 53589
Please submit application and then process payment.