The side roads filled early with canoe racers of all sorts before the start of the annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race.

Toby Day, Milford, helps haul the Gumby crew’s entry to the start of the annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race. “Our motto is ‘If you can’t be fast, be funny,’” he said.

Sisters Kristen Ellis, left, and Amanda Ellis, both of Holden, wave to fans of their Conehead costumes before the start of the Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race. They were among a small group of racers who sought fun over speed.

Waves of racers leave the shores of Kenduskeag and pass under a bridge at the start of the Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race.

Groups of five boats leave Kenduskeag at the start of the race.

Six Mile Falls tips another team as it runs the rapids during the Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race. The boaters are Peter Delong, Kristyn Frohock and Catherine Rich, all of Orono.

An unidentified boater is pulled from Six Mile Falls after her boat joined several others that capsized on that stretch of the Kenduskeag Stream Saturday.

Boat 1 passes safely over Six Mile Falls during the Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race. Team members are Tina Scheer, Ellsworth; Nolan Mabee, Bangor; Terry Wescott, Thorndike; Leslie Winchester, Bangor; and Tammy Kelley, Lamoine.