 Kiwanis Safety Boat Captained by Linda Bamberger, Central Adirondack Kiwanis secretary. |
On Friday September 5, the Kiwanis Club of the Central Adirondacks provided ten safety boats to assist in the Adirondack Canoe Classic or better known locally as the 90-Miler. The safety boats were launched an hour prior to the start of the race and provided safety from Old Forge Pond to Inlet, NY on Fourth Lake.
Kiwanis Members Linda Bamberger, Doc Foley, Bob Teesdale, Mike Griffin, Bob Stanton, Chris Kraft, Ray Schoeberlein, Bill Ransom and volunteers Tim Centola, Bob Gates and John Tormey, provided Kiwanis Safety Boats. Kiwanis Banners for each boat were provided by McQuaid & Bannigan Inc. of Utica.
The 90-Miler is a three-day, 90-mile (140 km) canoe race from Old Forge to Saranac Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. The race has drawn as many as 500 competitors from California to Florida, New Zealand and Canada paddling 250 canoes, kayaks and guideboats. Included in the ninety mile length is 5.25 miles (8.45 km) of carries.
Held every fall since 1983, the race follows routes traveled by the region's early settlers and Adirondack guides, a chain of lakes, rivers and carries that is the first leg of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.
(Posted September 5, 2014)
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