In the huge lake system of the Dalsland Canal, in what many think is the most beautiful county in Sweden, Canadians and kayaks will race along in the ”Canoeists’ Vasa Race”. If you want to compete individually, enter a club or association, you can. Unlike the Vasa Ski Race, the cycling event Vätternrundan and other well-known races, you can here take on a challenge with a partner.

The Swedish Championship in Canoe Marathon to Bengtsfors in 2007!
The organisers of Dalsland Canoe Marathon+, Föreningen DalslandsTurism, Bengtsfors, have by the Swedish Canoe Association been given the Swedish Championships in Canoe Marathon 2007. According to their website, the Swedish Championships will be "a competition in the competition" and be decided at the time of the 2007 Dalsland Canoe Marathon+.

Dalsland Canoe Marathon+ was first run in 2004 with the aim to in the future become the world’s biggest and most famous canoe race, a Canoeists’ Vasa Race. The competition has in only two years become Sweden’s biggest canoe race in all categories. In 2005 there were 550 canoeists on the starting line and the prognosis for 2006 is that nearly 900 people will paddle the race.
 
Being asked to hold the Swedish Championship in Canoe Marathon is yet more proof of the importance of the event. The Swedish Championships in 2007 are expected to attract around 80 competitors.

Canoe, Canadian or kayak?
In Dalsland Canoe Marathon+ the competitors race in a Canadian or kayak. The word canoe is the collective name for the different vessels, but is the most common in everyday speech.

Why the plus sign behind Dalsland Canoe Marathon?
The length of the Dalsland Canoe Marathon+ is 55 km, which exceeds the official Marathon length of 42 km by 13 km – hence the plus!

More information:
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