Route & Schedule
The MAN-A-MILE event happens every Canadian Thanksgiving morning.
The starting line is on the path in front of Fort George, located at 51 Queen’s Parade in Niagara-On-The-Lake. There is parking available at the Fort which is nearby to the starting line.
Ideally runners can leave their vehicle at Oakes park and be shuttled as a team to the start of their leg of the relay, and be picked up at the next exchange point when they finish their part of the relay.
The route follows the path up the Lower Niagara Parkway to Stanley Avenue in Niagara Falls, where the route follows the sidewalks and streets to Oakes Park (5700 Morrison Street).
Immediately following the last team’s arrival, the awards ceremony will start with the aim to wrap up event by approximately noon.
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History
1922
This classic relay event began in 1922, with just two teams competing for bragging rights only (St. Catharines and Niagara Falls). Over the years, the event grew to include municipal teams from Thorold, Welland, Pelham, Grimsby, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Fort Erie, Port Colborne and more through 1949. Prizes and awards were added for different categories.
1992 - 2002
1992 was the inaugural year for high school teams to compete with St. Catharines Collegiate defeating Grimsby Secondary school. In 1993, a beautiful trophy was donated to the high school category, making it official.
In 1995, two families competed creating that division. A boys soccer team competed in 1999. In 2002, Fairview Louth Church and Burtnik Karate joined in the open category.
2016
The Man-a-Mile continues to welcome new teams every year as well as established teams that have participated before and who love coming back!
The original Man-a-Mile trophy was featured as one of the 150 “Pieces of Canada” in a special exhibition for Canada’s 150th in the Niagara Falls Museum on Ferry Street.