Name: The Brigade Race to the Hudson
Released: 2021-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Adventure · Reality

Paddle, hike, and portage with ten strangers up the historic 1,200-kilometre York Factory Express fur-trading route. A $500,000 prize awaits the winners, but can they work together to conquer the treacherous Canadian terrain in a mere 28 days?

2021 · 44m

EPISODE 1

A BOAT CALLED WANDA-ER

Meet the ten members of the brigade and get to know their personalities at the starting point of the race, on the Columbia River’s Canadian shores. Paddle out onto this legendary waterway and watch them face their first competitive challenges.

43m
EPISODE 2

PARALYSIS BY OVERANALYSIS

Face off with the Columbia River’s swift current, which tests the brigade’s strength and skill. Then negotiate an ominous logjam on Wood River that forces the team to choose a leader. Later, a hasty move seriously injures one of the paddlers.

44m
EPISODE 3

AGAINST THE CURRENT

Slog through a gruelling upstream paddle with the competitors, who then have to tackle a back-breaking uphill trek through the Rocky Mountains. An injured teammate slows the brigade down further, and factions struggle to find a way forward.

44m
EPISODE 4

THE WAY DOWN FROM HERE

Catch a break from climbing as the team descends the Athabasca Pass—all while bears and new injuries threaten to throw them off course. Then jump onto a raft and see how turbulent whitewater tests the unity and safety of the brigade.

43m
EPISODE 5

NO TIME FOR BREAKS

Take an icy plunge into the Athabasca River as the brigade’s canoes capsize in rough waters. Then track the team’s progress through the unforgiving wilderness of northeastern Manitoba, including a brutal portage that nearly causes a breakdown.

43m
EPISODE 6

RISKS AND TREPIDATIONS

Sit in on tense debates as the brigade faces food shortages and low energy reserves. Watch as intense downstream rapids threaten to smash their 29-foot, 2,500-pound voyageur canoe, Wanda, to smithereens.

43m

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