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Start your engines! Boaters take part in annual poker run (20 photos)

People watch checkered flag drop at Bondar Marina Saturday morning

Boaters from Canada and the United States fired up their engines for this year's Sault Ste. Marie Can-Am Poker Run at Bondar Marina Saturday morning.

It's the third year for the Poker Runs America event, which takes boaters on a poker run to Thessalon and St. Joseph Island before coming back to the Sault in the afternoon.

The agenda for the poker run was as follows:

9:30 a.m.- Opening Ceremonies at Roberta Bondar Park and Marina
10 a.m.- Start your Engines!
10:30 a.m.- Poker Run Start
11:15 a.m.- Card Stop #1 (floating stop at St. Joseph Island Bridge)
12 p.m.- Lunch Stop at Hilton Beach Marina Tilt'n Hilton
2 p.m.- Group start departing from Hilton Beach
2:40 p.m.- Thessalon, Ontario Marina Card Stop
3:15 p.m.- Richards Landing, Ontario Card Stop
3:40 p.m.- boats start returning to Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

The event concludes Sunday at 11 a.m. with the 'Charity Ride of a Lifetime' event, with proceeds going toward Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sault Ste. Marie.



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