| David Hunter and Larry Thomas set new course record at 3:50:29 in a two-man kayak.
62 boats, including solo and tandem canoes, kayaks, guideboats and 6 person war canoes were entered in the event.
The Adirondack Arc is the named sponsor of the event. Other sponsors include The Tupper Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, MAC'S Canoe Livery, Grasse River Boatworks, Cold River Coffee Company, Duofold, North Country Natural Springwater, Lake Placid Pub & Brewery and Wenonah Canoes.
The course: The start line was at the NYSDEC Saranac Inn Boat launch on Upper Saranac Lake. Paddlers went the length of the lake past Green Island, Buck Island, the narrows, Eagle Island, Deer Island, and Chapel Island before taking out at the 1.25 mile Indian Carry. Paddlers went straight across Stoney Creek Ponds, and down Stoney Creek. Stoney Creek flows into the Raquette River. Paddlers turned right, and proceeded down stream all the way to Tupper Lake and the finish line at the Tupper Lake Rod and Gun Club on Simond Pond.
Many paddlers use the race as a warm up to the Adirondack Canoe Classic, the 90 mile canoe race from Old Forge to Saranac Lake, September 6 - 8, 2002.
Complete results are as follows:
| Place Boat # | Name(s) Town | Time |
| Men under 50 |
| 1, 24 - Dave Thomas | Watertown | 4:44: 51 |
| 2, 21 - Chas Billingsley | Jericho, VT | 5:36: 55 |
| Men over 50 |
| 1, 74 - Chuck Bolesh | Potsdam | 5:06:52 |
| 2, 69 - Marvin Doran | Richmond, Ont. | 5:23:04 |
| 3, 63 - Gary Pesuit | Gates Mills, OH | 5:36:53 |
| 4, 23 - Charles Braman | Greene | 5:43:13 |
| C - 1 Amateur |
| 1, 26 - Jeff Pederson | Gilbertsville | 4:33:17 |
| 2, 77 - Claude Roux | Vaudriel - Dorion, Que | 4:46:47 |
| 3, 25 - Donald Jagel | Upper Black Eddy, PA | 5:21:03 |
C - 1 Amateur
Men over 50 |
| 1, 27 - Soern Petersen | Clarence Creek, Ont. | 4:47:18 |
| 2, 62 - Tom Necrason | Plattsburgh | 4:55:34 |
| 3, 28 - Jim Normandin | Galway | 4:55:54 |
| 4, 71 - Jim Cunningham | Ticonderoga | 5:32:55 |
| Men under 50 |
1, 6 - Tim Pylman
Mike Mitchell | Inlet
Old Forge | 4:52:02 |
2, 4 - Jim Amell
Andy Keefe | Scotia
Saratoga Springs | 4:55:46 |
3, 34 - Tracey Lamb
Jack Favro | Lake Placid | 5:13:40 |
4, 5 - Ric Werthmann
Joe Alderman Wolcott | N. Rose | 5:20:24 |
5, 43 - Ron Bowler
John Waldron | Saranac Lake | 5:49:11 |
| Men over 50 |
1, 7 - John Jackson
Jim Lord | Newcomb
Delanson | 5:00:26 |
2, 8 - Norm Goldstein
Fred Horlacher | Tully
N. Syracuse | 5:04:57 |
3, 38 - George Bellerose
John Hollenbach | Weybridge VT/Shelburne VT | 5:18:31 |
4, 33 - Harold Stata
Craig Hadden | Waterford
Bethel, VT | 5:35:58 |
| Women |
1, 30 - Dawn Evans
Andi Smalia | Remsen
Raquette Lake | 5:40:23 |
2, 40 - Sue Patterson
Jan Kibben | Lake Clear
Saranac Lake | 5:54:37 |
| Men under 50 |
| 1, 29 - Kim & Ed Greiner | Esperance | 4:55:55 |
2, 46 - Stu Douglas
Kerry Alexander | Paul Smiths College | 5:03:56 |
| 3, 10 - Sheryl & Michael Oberding | Saranac Lake | 5:50:18 |
4, 9 - Ken Streb
Liz Juroe | Rochester | 6:15:28 |
| Mixed over 50 |
| 1, 37 - Denise & Dave Paddock | Lake George | 4:53:48 |
C - 2 Recreation
Mixed |
| 1, 1 - Karla & Chip Brieant | Paul Smiths | 5:24:35 |
| 2, 2 - Dave & Peggy Davidson | Mehoopany, PA | 5:45:47 |
3, 39 - Michael Brazell
Erin Kiefer | Old Forge | 6:16:42 |
C - 2 Recreation
Men |
1, 35 - Kevin Berl
Tim Henning | Macedon
Marion | 4:57:50 |
2, 3 - Ray Coulombe
Bill Miller | Sodus
Greece | 5:07:29 |
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| Guideboats |
| 1, 15 - Chris Hoyt | Hinesburg, VT | 5:32:34 |
| 2, 25 - Andy Byrnes | Lowville | 6:04:18 |
| War Canoes |
1, 22 - Team Newell
(Kerry Newell, Locke Newell, June Pollack, Cynthia Jackson, Paul Badore, Scott Tuller, Dick Kennedy) | Huevelton | 5:03:09 |
2, 67 - War Party
| Ringwood, NJ | 5:22:03 |
C - 2 Amateur
Men under 50 |
| 1, 32 - Neal Sand/ Yvon Ranger | Plattsburgh | 4:10:20 |
| 2, 12 - Bruce & Chad Kennedy | Plattsburgh
Saranac Lake | 4:10:29 |
| 3, 11 - Dale & Liam Fox | Bainbridge | 4:17:13 |
| 4, 44 - John & Gordy Santor | Plattsburgh | 4:26:13 |
| 5, 42 - John & Gene Newman | Canton | 4:28:18 |
6, 45 - Peter Cain
Ron Reed | Canton
Potsdam | 4:46:30 |
7, 31 - Stephen Burton
Scott Palermo | Andover
Eagle Bay | 5:31:44 |
| Men over 50 |
1, 41 - Jack Burke
Mike Rechlin | Paul Smiths College | 4:35:14 |
| Mixed |
| 1, 14 - Guy Middleton /Christie Blanchard | Church Pond /Saranac Lake | 5:10:13 |
Marathon Kayak
Men under 50 |
| 1, 16 - Rich Waters | Whitesboro | 4:10:00 |
| 2, 68 - Bruce Braman | Smithville Flats | 4:41:44 |
| 3, 66 - Tom Gehrig | Whitesboro | 5:57:02 |
| Men over 50 |
| 1, 17 - John Ders | South Otselic | 4:10:08 |
| 2, 18 - Patrick McCooey | Syracuse | 5:26:19 |
| 3, 64 - Bill Salmon | Chardon, OH | 5:44:36 |
| 2 Person Marathon Kayak |
1, 73 - Larry Thomas
David Hunter | Saratoga Springs
Lake Placid | 3:50:29*** |
| *** | *** New course record | |
The Adirondack Arc Marathon to Tupper Lake is part of the Adirondack Arc Canoe Race Series of 7 events organized cooperatively between the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, The Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce and MAC'S Canoe Livery. The lead series sponsor is The Adirondack Arc, a non - profit membership organization that enriches the lives of people with developmental disabilities. Members of the Arc community are involved in every aspect of the race series. For more information on the Adirondack Arc call 359 - 3351.
For more information about the Adirondack Canoe Race Series contact MAC'S Canoe Livery's Race Hotline at 518 - 891 - 2744.
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