Is This the Shortest AR Paddle Stage Ever?

While it can hardly be called an actual stage of the race, there was a small section of this year’s Raid Temiscamingue, was located at Transition area 4 on the bank of an inlet from the Ottawa river into the Baie de la Ferme Klock. The teams were required to load their bikes onto a canoe ferry to cross the inlet which was perhaps only 20 meters wide. They immediately got back on their bikes while race crew pulled the single canoe ferry back across the water with an attached rope. It may not be a “real” paddle stage, but it’s certainly one of the shortest distances I’ve ever seen paddled by adventure racers.