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A shot of the duck boats during the Boston Red Sox's most recent championship parade in 2007.

(AP File Photo)

It wasn't long after the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 in Game 6 of the World Series for the question to be asked: "When's the parade?"

At, 11:35 p.m., the company that will providing the Red Sox's rides for the parade had the answer ready: Saturday.

Boston Duck Tours, the company which runs the famous Boston "duck boats" broke the news of the parade, which traditionally utilize the city's unique amphibious tour vehicles for championship parades, on its official Twitter account.

Red Sox owner John Henry also confirmed that the parade would take place on Saturday during a postgame interview with NESN's Don Orsillo.

Boston clinched its first World Series title in Boston since 1918 as John Lackey earned a redemptive victory and beloved slugger David Ortiz was named MVP. The worst-to-first team was put together by general manager Ben Cherington and guided by manager John Farrell as the team and the city of Boston enjoyed a magical season.

The duck boats were last used in a championship parade when the Boston Bruins hoisted the Stanley Cup in 2012. The last time the Red Sox made their rounds in the boats was back in 2007.

The exact parade route has yet to be released, but historically, the parade has started out near Fenway Park, continued down Boylston Street, passed through Copley Square and then gone on further downtown and, if the route is extended like it was in 2004, into the Charles River itself.

If the parade does go down Boylston Street (and it almost certainly will), the parade will cross the finish line of the Boston Marathon, a detail that will hardly go unnoticed by the Red Sox and parade organizers.