• $35 On-site registration only
  
• $1,000 purse

The Soo Ultimate Paddle (SUP) Day committee is excited to again partner with Michigan Canoe Racing Association (MCRA). While racing, you have the excitement of seeing the Great Lakes lake freighters up close and personal. You will enjoy all the beauty that the upper peninsula has to offer while racing down the St. Mary’s River.

• Cost: $25 On-site registration
  
• Cost: $20 Online registration

Breakfast and Mimosas from 9:00 am to 11:00 am under the Marchetti’s Beverage Tent.

• Break & Yoga: 9am – 11am 
• Two 45-minute Yoga sessions
• 9:15 am – 10:00 am
• 10:15 am – 11:00 am

Bring your paddle board (a limited number of paddle boards will be available on a first come – come first bases.) and join us for yoga on the St. Mary’s River. If stand-up paddle board yoga is not exactly your thing, bring your yoga mat and join in along the shoreline (Fair and full disclosure – there is goose poop) 

• Race time: 10:30 from Rotary Island
• $25 On-site registration
• $20 Online registration
  Registration includes: t-shirt, refreshments, medal and ceremony)

This four-mile racecourse takes paddlers on a beautiful scenic tour through a chain of four islands and back to Rotary Island.  You never know what wildlife you will see along your way!  This is a competitive race with several classes (youth 14 – 17, adult 18 – 49, masters 50+, male/female) in both Stand-up Paddle Boards and Kayaks. 

• St. Mary’s River Float
• Canoe Battleship
• Beast Jousting
• Large Voyageur Canoe Rides
• Other kid events – fling a frog, crafts, etc
• Music throughout day
• Food vendors
• Marchetti’s Beer and Beverage Tent

• FREE Event
• 11am – 5pm
• A leisurely float down the scenic St. Mary’s River
  
• River tubes and paddles provided on-site
• Life jackets provided on-site

• FREE Event
• 11am – 5pm
• 6 Canoe Battleship – Canoe battleship is a fun event where teams of four people try to sink other teams’ canoes and be the last boat floating at the end of the day.
• Canoes and paddles provided on-site
• 5 gallon buckets and super soaker cannons provided on-site
  
• Life jackets provided on-site

• All Day located on Rotary Island
  
• Enjoy a variety of your favorite refreshments and music in Marchetti’s Distributing White Claw Tent
  

• FREE Event
  
• 11am – 5pm
• 10 person adventure through the islands near Rotary Park
• Giant canoes and paddles provided on-site
• Life jackets provided on-site

•  $25 On-site participation fee
  
• $20 Online participation fee
• First 50 people can reserve tubes/life jacket for free

Think you know the St. Mary’s River? 

Twenty plus challenges. Two hours. One epic adventure. Your two person team will solve puzzles, complete challenges, and explore the chain of islands in the St. Mary’s River.  Sign up as a team of two.  Registration starts at 9:00 am on Rotary Island.  Scavenger hunt 12:00 – 2:00 pm. 

You can use any non-motorized (canoe, kayak, stand-up paddle board, paddle boat, etc) vessel.  All participants must have an approved lifejacket. Limited life jackets available.  First 50 people can reserve a Tubepro river tube and life jacket when registering. 

2pm – 3pm Talley results and award winners

Prizes for the winners (and a new love of the St. Mary’s River)! 

• $15 On-site registration only
  
• Race time: 1:00 – 2:00
  

The Soo Ultimate Paddle (SUP) Day committee is excited to again partner with Michigan Canoe Racing Association (MCRA). While racing, you have the excitement of seeing the Great Lakes lake freighters up close and personal. You will enjoy all the beauty that the upper peninsula has to offer while racing down the St. Mary’s River.