1938 Ski Marathon: Riviere Du Loup, Quebec, bound for Caribou, ME

1938 Caribou Winter Carnival Ski Marathon (Riviere Du Loup, Quebec/Notre Dame Du Lac/Frenchville/Caribou, 125 miles) (10 starters):
Buck Ostlund, New Sweden
Bud McNeal, Caribou
Cloren Nute, Lincoln
Donald Hersey, Caribou
Harvey Farley, Washburn
Sam Ouellette, Milo
Victorien Hunden, Riviere Du Loup
Jean Paul, Riviere Du Loup
Rene Lavoie, Riviere Du Loup
Paul Desjardins, Riviere Du Loup

1938 Riviere Du Loup, Quebec, bound for Caribou, ME news items:

Marathon Opens Carnival, Feb. 24, 1938—A 125 mile international ski marathon opened carnival activities today when 10 skiers slid out of Riviera Du Loup, Quebec, bound for Caribou. The group expected to reach Notre Dame Du Lac, 47 miles from their starting point, by nightfall. The race will be taken up again Thursday morning, with Frenchville, 89 miles enroute, the next destination. The remaining 36 mile hike will bring them into Caribou Friday afternoon. The ten entrants were Buck Ostlund, New Sweden; Bud McNeal, Caribou; Cloren Nute, Lincoln; Donald Hersey, Caribou; Harvey Farley, Washburn; Sam Ouellette, Milo, and Victorien Hunden, Jean Paul, Rene Lavoie, and Paul Desjardins, all of Riviere Du Loup. (Lewiston Evening Journal, Feb. 24, 1938, http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19380224&id=vLU0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=qmkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2251,4236213)

Sam Ouellette is Still in Lead of Caribou Ski Race, Caribou, Feb. 24, 1938—-Harvey Farley, Washburn, threatened closely today wiry Sam Ouellette’s slim lead in the 125-mile ski marathon that is part of this town’s annual Winter carnival. Ouellette slid into St. Agatha tonight, ending a 45-mile lap from Notre Dame Du Luc, P. Q., with a scant five second lead in elapsed time over the Washburn skier. Ouellette, of Milo, won last year’s carnival marathon. Seven other ski-runners followed the pair in the race that started at Riviere Du Loop, P. Q., yesterday and ends here tomorrow.
In a Governor’s Day program, Miss Elizabeth Johnson, high school senior, was crowned carnival queen tonight before a crowd that included Gov. Barrows. Fresh snow improved conditions for the various sporting events. (Lewiston Daily Sun, Feb. 25, 1938, http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19380225&id=CsMgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mGoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3159,395768

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