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Humphrey 7:30 am - 10:30 am
• Pancake breakfast starts at Humphrey Community Centre, 15 Humphrey Dr. ($10/adult and $5/child). Meet the mushers and dog teams. Purchase a “sledvelope” to be added to the mail bags ($3.50 or $5.00 with a donation to Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary). Breakfast will be served until approximately 9:30am.
• Skating loop will be open (weather permitting)
• Mail bags full of sledvelopes are loaded onto sleds throughout the morning
• Opening ceremonies and Township welcome at 9:30 am.
• Crowds gather at approximately 10:14 am to cheer on the teams as they take off with sleds full of mail bags!
Rosseau 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
• Kids’ zone will offer games, sledding, a Beavertails food truck, free dog sled rides at Rosseau Field House, 7 Ash St. N
• Sled dog teams begin to arrive with mail bags to be handed off to the Postmaster
• Concert by local musicians Banzai begins, beside Rosseau Memorial Hall
• Food hall opens with offerings from local vendors at Rosseau Memorial Hall at 2 Victoria St. W. ($12/adult and $6/child).
• Heated tent with local beer from Clear Lake Brewing, drinks crafted with Parry Sound-based Legends Spirits Inc., and gourmet hot chocolate, hosted by Blake’s Memories of Muskoka.
Thank you to our sponsors who make this event possible!
Gilbert & Larkin LLP
Purcell Custom Contracting
Lake Rosseau North Association
Bob Rumball Camp of the Deaf
Pioneer Steel Manufacturers Ltd.
FCA Insurance
Crofters Food Ltd.
Ritchie Insurance A Division of McDougall Insurance
A. Balicki Signs
Ivy Rose Contracting Inc.
Hill Top Interiors Inc.
Rosseau Village Spa
Jolly Roger Inn & Resort
Petvalu
Ferncliffe Development
Cottage Contracting
Holly Cascanette Real Estate
Lake Joseph North Association
Rosseau General Store
About the Mail Run
Every year since 1985, "sledvelopes" with letters prepared especially for this event, are gathered, loaded onto sleds and hauled by several dog teams to Rosseau, Ontario, 17 km through the bush on groomed trails. Teams gather and leave from the Village of Humphrey, Ontario, on Highway 141, to the cheers and good wishes from the many spectators and friends as the teams disappear in the bush on their way to Rosseau to be received by the Postmaster.
New in 2025!
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