John Beargrease Dog Sled Race

The John Beargrease Sled Dog Race is a dogsled race held along the North Shore of Lake Superior in northeast Minnesota.[1] At 400 miles, it is the longest sled dog race in the lower 48 states.[2] The "Beargrease" is a qualifier for the famed Iditarod race in Alaska.[3]

The name of the race honors John Beargrease, a winter mail carrier who traveled by dog sled between Two Harbors, Minnesota and Grand Marais, Minnesota during the last two decades of the nineteenth century.

The race has been held every January since 1980.

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References

  1. ↑ "Beargrease.com". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "SuperiorTrails.com". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Beargrease.com". Retrieved 28 January 2018.

See "John Beargrease: Legend of Minnesota's North Shore" by Daniel Lancaster (Holy Cow! Press, 2008).

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