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[[Image:Adirondack Canoe Classic, Guideboat.jpg|thumb|Classes include one and two-man [[guideboat]]s]]
 
The '''Adirondack Canoe Classic''', also known as the '''90-miler''', is a three-day, {{convert|90|mi|km|sing=on}} canoe race from [[Old Forge, New York|Old Forge]] to [[Saranac Lake, New York|Saranac Lake]] in the [[Adirondacks]] of [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. The race has drawn as many as 500 competitors from California to Florida, New Zealand and Canada paddling 250 [[canoe]]s, [[kayak]]s and [[guideboat]]s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120904155602/http://www.adksports.com/Back%20Issues/Issues/September2007.pdf (slow loading pdf) Adirondack Sports and Fitness - "Adirondack Canoe Classic"]</ref><ref>[http://www.saranaclake.com/events/canoe-classic-90-miler SaranacLake.com "ADIRONDACK CANOE CLASSIC"]</ref><ref>[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70C13FF395F0C758CDDA00894DD484D81&scp=2&sq=Adirondack+Canoe+Classic&st=nyt ''New York Times'', "OUTDOORS; CANOE RACE TO FOLLOW TRAPPERS' ROUTE", September 6, 1985]</ref> Included in the ninety mile length is {{convert|5.25|mi|km}} of [[portage|carries]].
 
Held every fall since 1983, the race follows routes traveled by the region’s early settlers and Adirondack guides, a chain of lakes, rivers and carries that is also the first leg of the [[Northern Forest Canoe Trail]].
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*[http://www.macscanoe.com/class-specs.html Race Classes]
*[http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/archive.php?id=4735 North Country Public Radio - "Adirondack Canoe Classic Underway from Old Forge to Saranac Lake"]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120904155602/http://www.adksports.com/Back%20Issues/Issues/September2007.pdf (slow loading pdf) Adirondack Sports and Fitness - "Adirondack Canoe Classic"]
*[http://auburnpub.com/lifestyles/the-miler/article_a6bc120c-3632-5735-906e-18f02f65796e.html AuburnPub.com - "The 90 Miler"]