The Triple Crown of Canoe Racing
The Au Sable River Canoe Marathon is one of the three marathon canoe races that make up the Triple Crown of Canoe Racing which recognizes the top performances by Marathon Canoe Racers who compete at all three of North America's most prestigious marathon canoe races:
- General Clinton Canoe Regatta, staged Memorial Day on New York's Susquehanna River - a one-day, non-stop 70-mile (110 km) non-stop race from Cooperstown, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame, to Bainbridge, New York.
- Au Sable River Canoe Marathon, one of North America's toughest, richest canoe races, an overnight, non-stop 120-mile (190 km) race from Grayling to Oscoda on Northern Michigan's AuSable River during the last weekend of July.
- La Classique International de Canots de La Maurice, staged Labor Day weekend on central Quebec's majestic St. Maurice River - a three-day, three-stage 120-mile (190 km) race from La Tuque to Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
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