FORT KENT – Light snow Saturday morning did not deter fans for the start of the 16th running of the Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Races at Fort Kent where crowds were estimated to be the largest ever. Hundreds lined the Main Street chute when… Read More
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    FORT KENT – Three former winners, several past contenders, four former mushers in the famed Iditarod Sled Dog Race and six newcomers are among 25 mushers that will take to the 250-mile trail of the 16th annual Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Race March 1. Read More
    FORT KENT – The final musher, Jaye Foucher of Ashland, N.H., came across the finish in the Irving Woodlands 250-mile sled dog race at 10:34 a.m. Tuesday. Foucher, in 21st place, crossed the finish line 22 hours and 47 minutes after the winner, Rick Larson… Read More
    The town of Fort Kent will be bustling this weekend as organizers stage the Can-Am Crown Sled Dog races for the 15th straight year. And while a lot of familiar mushers will show up to take part in this year’s event, spectators will have yet… Read More
    FORT KENT – Six months still remain before the howling of dogs and the beating of paws can be heard on Main Street in Fort Kent, but the tradition and competition of the now 15-year-old sled dog race have made it one of the premiere competitions in the… Read More
    FORT KENT – Six hundred ninety-six four-legged athletes. Eager, willing and able, they became 81 teams straining at their traces, awaiting a signal that released them and their 81 two-legged mushers along snowy trails through the northwest Maine woods. One after another they stormed out of the starting… Read More
    FORT KENT – Seven mushers in the 14th annual Irving Woodlands 250-mile Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Race were within 92 minutes of each other on the trail late Sunday afternoon as they headed for the fourth checkpoint at Allagash. They were leading a pack… Read More
    FORT KENT – Three-time Can-Am Crown winner Martin Massicotte overflowed with enthusiasm Friday at the chance of matching the Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Race record of his friend Andre Nadeau by winning his fourth crown this weekend. Massicotte, 37, of St. Tite, Quebec, is… Read More
    FORT KENT – A score or more of volunteers have been scouring the northern Maine woods for two months, making trails for the 14th Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Races, set to depart from Fort Kent’s Main Street on Saturday morning. Volunteers are led by… Read More
    FORT KENT – The reputation and traditions of the Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Races held in Maine’s farthest northern reaches have gained tremendously over 13 years. The attributes spell success for the three races, a 250-mile classic, a mid-range 60-mile race and a short… Read More
    FORT KENT – Mary Wolf, an 18-year-old St. Francis woman who scores of people cheered for and hoped she would complete the Irving Woodlands 250-mile Can-Am Crown Sled Dog Race was taken from the trail late Tuesday afternoon. Wolf was the last competitor on the… Read More
    FORT KENT – A sigh of relief went through the nearly two dozen people at Can-Am central about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday when search and rescue people radioed to say they had spotted Liz Como and her sled dogs on the trail. Concern for the musher… Read More
    FORT KENT – An Alaskan malamute running in the 13th annual Can-Am Crown Sled Dog Race died early Tuesday on the trail between Maibec and Allagash. The dog died in harness while on the trail, but veterinarians believe an earlier collision may have caused the… Read More
    After 250 miles of mushing, Martin Massicotte was the well-deserving recipient of plenty of attention in the minutes following his victorious Can-Am Crown Irving 250 run on Monday. Fifteen feet in front of Massicotte and the throng of race officials and well-wishers, however, an emotional… Read More
    CAN-AM CROWN SLED DOG RACE Irving Woodlands 250-mile Race googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    FORT KENT – Martin Massicotte is 36. He said several times during the race that he is getting too old for the sport. “The dogs are in better shape than I am,” he said at the finish line Monday after running and maneuvering the sled… Read More
    FORT KENT – Allan Dow, a retired postal worker and former fire chief in Maine’s capital of sled dog racing, was the dog-traffic cop Saturday morning as 90 sled dog teams looked to get to the starting line in three events as part of the 13th Can-Am Crown… Read More
    FORT KENT – The late Willard Jalbert Jr. mushed dogs in Fort Kent decades before mushing was the biggest event of the year in this northern Maine town that was invaded by nearly 1,000 dogs and 90 mushers over the weekend and thousands of fans Saturday. Read More
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    FORT KENT – Three former winners of the Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog races will be going head-to-head in the 250-mile classic which starts on Main Street Saturday morning. Don Hibbs of Millinocket, who won in 1997, 1999, and 2000, will square off against Martin… Read More
    FORT KENT – There are still four months before baying and yelping dog athletes and their mushers take over Main Street in Fort Kent for the CanAm Crown International Sled Dog Race, but sponsors for the $41,000 race have come to the starting line. President… Read More
    FORT KENT – There is no definite economic study to show the dollar benefits of the annual Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Race, but most people believe there is a great benefit, and it may not all be in dollars. The effect the 12th annual… Read More
    FORT KENT – Alan Dow started repairing signs for the 2004 Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Races last March and finished Thursday night, just before he had to set up the finish line gate Friday morning. Dow, 62, of Fort Kent said Friday afternoon that… Read More
    FORT KENT – Bruce Langmaid of Ontario, the winner of the 2003 250-mile Can-Am Crown Sled Dog Race, is looking to repeat the feat, he said Friday afternoon. Martin Massicotte of Ste. Tite, Quebec, a two-time winner (1998, 2002) of the Fort Kent classic, was… Read More
    After about 48 hours spent in dog sledding command centers, Fort Kent restaurants, and remote checkpoints, I’ve learned quite a bit about dog sledding … and the people who share a passion for the sport. First, a quick disclaimer. While I do consider myself a… Read More
    FORT KENT – A mile from the finish line of Saturday’s Pepsi/Budweiser 30, 16-year-old musher Jake Swanson found himself on the wrong end of a rookie mistake. And the personable 10th grader from Leroy, Mich., wasn’t the only “rookie” heading the wrong direction. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    FORT KENT – Larry Murphy, a Fort Kent father, grandfather, and elementary school assistant principal, is running his first Can-Am 250-mile sled dog race Saturday with a goal of just reaching the finish line in the classic. It’s Murphy’s first major race, although he has… Read More
    FORT KENT – Rita Lensing, a 36-year-old waitress from Shroeder, Minn., became the first woman ever to finish the 250-mile Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Race Monday when she crossed the finish line in seventh position. She limped across the finish line, and was taken… Read More
    FORT KENT – The excitement of the Maine Principals’ Association’s Class A skiing championship and the U.S. Junior Biathlon Championships have not had time to diminish in this northern Maine town and the ninth running of the Can Am Crown International Sled Dog Race hits the trails Saturday… Read More