Beaver River Rat Race - Online Exhibit

A blue and white illustration taken from a promotional poster for the Beaver River Rat Race. In the top left corner is large blue text reading Beaver River Rats. Next to that text is smaller blue text reading Boat Races. In the foreground of the illustration are three men holding paddles on a blow-up raft sailing down a river. Above the raft is a wooden boat with its bow in the air carrying two men with paddles. In front of the wooden boat is a small wooden raft with a man standing on it holding a long pole
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Visit Beaver River Rat Race Exhibit

In the spring of 1957, in what was then Collingwood Township, the community saw two or three peculiar home-made looking “vessels” launched on the Beaver River in Heathcote. When the “captains” of these boats completed their journey in Clarksburg, they emerged looking like drowned rats. This adventure gave life to the Beaver River Rat Race, which would continue for over two more decades.