20th Anniversary
CSM
ONEC + OAR
present the 2025 CSM
The Canadian Sculling Marathon is held in late August. It is a fun, participative event stressing endurance. Usually, it is 42, 21, and 10 km on the Ottawa and Gatineau Rivers, but in 2018 it was a 65.5 km row from Ottawa to Montebello on the mighty Ottawa River and in 2020 it went virtual by necessity due to the global pandemic and was one of only a few Rowing events in all of Canada that year - Supported by Rowing Canada & Row Ontario.
FULL & Half marathon challenges - An endurance challenge for scullers
Since 2005, the rowing section of the Ottawa New Edinburgh Club (ONEC) has organized an annual distance challenge using touring, coastal, and open water shells on the Ottawa River: the Canadian Sculling Marathon (CSM). Inspired by the world-renowned Canadian Ski Marathon, it stresses participation, fitness, endurance and fun!
A distance event under the banner of the Ontario Adventure Rowing Association, the CSM usually offers a choice of a full marathon (42 km) or a half marathon (21 km) distances with a circuit starting and finishing at or near the ONEC boathouse and taking in some of the capital’s most famous landmarks.
The full and half marathons are considered tours and are sanctioned as such. Stable boats are used for safety and to ensure that the event always occurs. The 42 km generally starts at 7 am and the 21 km starts at 8 am, usually on a Sunday in late August.
Registration available below.
Hensler "Endurance" Trophy
The Hensler “Endurance” Trophy will be awarded to the club with the most participants who complete the full marathon within the allocated time as predetermined by the CSM organizing committee.
In recognition of the twentieth anniversary of the CSM in 2025 the successful club will receive a donation of $2000.
All participants who successfully complete the marathon within the prescribed time-frame will have their names and club affiliations engraved on the trophy
