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Yellowknife, NWT | March 26 - 28, 2021
Canadian Championship Dog Derby
2021 Race Results 2021 Race Registration
2021 Race Info
Friday March 26th 2021
- 9:30AM – 4-dog race, timed start, 8 miles (Register now)
- 10:30AM – 6-dog race, mass start, 16 miles (Register now)
- 1:00PM – 10-dog race, day 1, mass start, 50 miles (Register Now)
Saturday, March 27th 2021
*UPDATED DUE TO WARM WEATHER*
- 11:00AM – 10-dog race, day 2, mass start, 50 miles (Register Now)
- 2:30PM – 4-dog Under 16 race, timed start, 8 miles (Register Now)
- 3:00PM – 6-dog race, day 2, mass start, 16 miles (Register now)
Sunday March 28th 2021
*UPDATED DUE TO WARM WEATHER*
- 11:00AM – 10-dog race, day 3, mass start, 50 miles (Register Now)
- 2:30PM – 2-dog race, open to children ages 5-12. We will supply you with a team to race (Register Now)
- 3:30PM – Mad Trapper Race, Teams must have one female racer OR an amateur racer. Mass start, 8 miles (Register Now)
History of the Canadian Championship Dog Derby
The North was built on sled dogs. Before snowmobiles, trucks, and airplanes, people of the north used dog teams as their main form of transportation. Journals from the early explorers, such as Samuel Hearne in the late 1700's, depicted the use of dogs to pull sleds and carry equipment. Sled dogs teams in the NWT were prevalent, as modes of transportation, all the way up to the 1970's. Many current NWT residents can still remember when their families used to travel by dog team - just ask them!
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If you’d like to volunteer with the Canadian Championship Dog Derby, please contact us using the form below, or you can email us at info@canadianchampionshipdogderby.ca!