The Amazing Race Canada

Season 1

Episode 1: Where In the World is Ogopogo?

Nine teams from across the country arrived at the starting line in Niagara Falls, Ont., by high speed jet boats ready to run “The Amazing Race Canada.” Host Jon Montgomery told them they were about to embark on a physically grueling 23,000 km adventure from coast to coast. He said the “Race” will be 10 legs long and the winners of the first leg will receive two Express Passes – one for them to use by the seventh leg and one they may give to another team of their choice by the third leg. The pass allows teams to skip any challenge they don’t want to complete. In the first Roadblock of the season, teams had to sign up to rent one of nine personal watercrafts and, using just a rudimentary map, make their way to a diving station located on Lake Okanagan. One team member then had to don diving gear, dive down to the bottom of Lake Okanagan, and search for a statue of Ogopogo where they would find their next clue. In the second Roadblock, the other team member had to walk across a narrow plank attached to a railway trestle suspended high above the canyon in order to retrieve their clue, which was dangling off the edge of the plank. They then had to bungee jump off the plank to the ground to meet their partner before continuing.