

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Hugh Heward Challenge 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: The Hugh Heward Challenge is open to all paddlers and is a FREE self-supported event. 

This annual paddling event reenacts a one-day, 50-mile sprint down the Grand River in Mid-Michigan by British fur trader Hugh Heward and his French-Canadian crew in two birchbark canoes on April 24, 1790.

Join Verlen Kruger Legacy at Thompson Field in Portland between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to celebrate the completion of the challenge with pancakes and a chance to connect with others. VKL will offer a complimentary pancake lunch to all paddling participants. Donations received during the event will help support Verlen Kruger Legacy and maintain the Verlen Kruger Memorial. 

Check out https://krugerlegacy.com/hugh-heward-challenge/ for the most up to date information including suggested launch times for the Full (50 mile), Half (25 mile) and Quarter (13 mile) distances. We encourage paddlers to utilize this event discussion board for Q&amp;A about logistics and general support topics. 

We hope to see you there!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/hugh-heward-challenge-2026/200029764316117
- **Event Categories**: contests, trips-adventures, sports, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 56

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029764316117?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=portland-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Portland
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Verlen Kruger Memorial
- **lat**: 42.867416683624
- **long**: -84.910140680228
- **full address**: Verlen Kruger Memorial, 655 Canal St, Portland, MI 48875-1363, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Hugh Heward Challenge (https://allevents.in/org/hugh-heward-challenge/27537566)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Verlen Kruger Memorial, 655 Canal St, Portland, MI 48875-1363, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Hugh Heward Challenge
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests, trips-adventures, sports, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Hugh Heward Challenge 2026 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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