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River Quest special awards

Top All-Yukon Canoe - #56 Boydes of a Feather – Jim and Pam Boyde (cash prize)

By Whitehorse Star on July 4, 2012

Top All-Yukon Canoe - #56 Boydes of a Feather – Jim and Pam Boyde (cash prize)

Top All-Yukon Kayak – #36 The Fascinators – Martha Taylor and Ali Morham (cash prize)

Top First Nation Team - #64 Men of the Midnight Sun – Kendall McDonald and Tim Gordon of Inuvik, NWT (cash prize)

Top Yukoners – from #50 Skirting Disaster – Verena Koenig, Kam Davies and Joanie Pelletier (Yukon Brewing sponsor prize)

Top Women – #36 The Fascinators – Martha Taylor and Ali Morham (Coast Mountain Sports sponsor prize)

Fastest Senior 55+ - from #57 Crazy Heart: Steven Landick (Skaguay Âé¶¹ÉçÇø Depot & Books sponsor prize)

Most Improved – Team # 54 Tramp Again: Seppo Kivioja, Finland improved time by 10 hours, 54 minutes over 2011 (Klondike Visitors Association sponsor prize)

Red Stove – #11 Fast Trax: John Louis Heudes, Alberta (Haywire Industries / Harry Kern Photography sponsor prize).

Spirit of the Yukon – #24 Yukon Project: Francis Soenen and Danny Veys, Belgium (Raven Ink), and #52 Dawson or Bust: David Little and Shane Carritt, Alberta (walking sticks donated by John Huedes). Given to the two canoe teams that went to aid of Team 66 whose kayak had gone into a log jam below White River. The two teams rescued and carried the paddler on to 60 Mile CP where he was able to warm up and later join a safety boat crew in going upriver to retrieve his kayak.

Top Overall Team – #18 Down Under Dogs (free entry for captain and team members in 2013 YRQ).

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