FORT KENT (AP) — The musher who’s won Maine’s biggest dog sled race eight times aimed for another victory as more than a dozen teams departed from Fort Kent on Saturday. Martin Massicotte, of St. Tite, Quebec, was seen as the favorite having dominated the grueling, 250-mile Irving Woodlands Can-Am Crown in the past. But […]
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Quebec musher wins 8th victory at Can-Am Crown
This photo provided by Beurmond Banville shows Gen Raymond of St. Jacques Le Mineur, Quebec, Canada heads down Main Street to begin the Irving Woodlands 250 on the 25th anniversary of the Can-Am Crown race on Saturday, March 4, 2017, in Fort Kent. The race serves as qualifier for the Iditarod across Alaska. FORT KENT […]
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Mushers rest for final leg of Can-Am Crown 250
FORT KENT — All 17 mushers who left Fort Kent Saturday morning at the start of the annual Can-Am Crown 250-mile sled dog race were still on the trails or resting their teams at one of two checkpoints in the Maine woods early Sunday morning. “The conditions are good and fast,” said Mark Patterson, whose […]
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Canadian wins Can-Am Crown for 5th time
FORT KENT — Quebec musher Martin Massicotte drove his team into Fort Kent at 5:15 a.m. Monday to claim his fifth Irving Woodlands Can Am Crown 250 International Sled Dog Race victory. Massicotte edged out fellow Quebecois musher Andre Longchamp by less than a minute to take the win. Last year’s winner, Ryan Anderson of […]