VOYAGEUR CLASSIC 5K RUN/WALK
August 31, 2019 - Saturday
8:00 AM
Kankakee, IL
Raising funds for the French Heritage Museum
at the Stone Barn
The Voyageur Classic 5K Run is raising funds for the French Heritage Museum at the Stone Barn – one of the area's oldest standing buildings that celebrates the French involvement in the history of the Kankakee River Valley: the first explorers and missionaries, the coureurs de bois and fur traders, and the pioneer settlers from France, French Canada, and Belgium.
The French Heritage Museum is on the National Register of Historic Places:
Listed in 1979 as the Lemuel Milk Carriage House
Registration fees
5K Run/Walk (Race Shirt Included) Closed
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$25.00Jan 1 - Aug 31
5K Run/Walk (Race Shirt NOT Included: Donating savings back to race) Closed
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$25.00Jan 1 - Aug 31
Sponsors
Event SPONSORED By:
Additional Information
Age Groups and Award Categories:
RUNNERS:
1st & 2nd overall Male
1st & 2nd overall Female
1st & 2nd 19 and under
1st & 2nd 20-39 age group
1st & 2nd 40 and over
WALKERS:
1st, 2nd, & 3rd overall
*Must be registered by August 16, 2019 to be guaranteed your race shirt size!
**Enter our COSTUME CONTEST by dressing as a Voyageur on race day!
***NEW ADDITION TO THIS YEAR'S EVENT!!!***
We are SO excited to have a Living History element included at this year's Voyageur Classic 5K Run/Walk! We will have re-enactors representing the lifestyles of early French Voyageurs along with our 5K Run/Walk!! Don't miss this opportunity to see history up close and learn about these traveler's contributions to the economy of the early French colonial period.
Pre Race Packet Pick Up
Prior to race day you can pick your race packet up as follows:
Friday August 30th between 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM at:
Kankakee County Museum
801 South 8th Avenue
Kankakee, IL
You can also pick it up on race morning beginning at 7:00 AM
Event schedule
- Sat, August 31, 2019 7:00 AM - On Site Check in and Registration
- Sat, August 31, 2019 8:00 AM - 5K Run/Walk Start
Contact information
- Event contact
- Veronica Featherston
- Phone
- +1 815-932-5279
- Website
- Visit website
