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Rowing has a long history that goes back to ferry boats racing each other in the 1500s. The first intercollegiate rowing competition in the United States, the Harvard-Yale Regatta, was held in 1852. Oliver O’Reilly tells us about the University of California's long history of rowing and its Olympic successes. Then visit Montreal, Canada where womens rowing was introduced in the Summer Olympics in 1976. Montreal is home to French architecture, an extensive Underground City, the first internet search engine, the ice hockey team with the most Stanley Cup wins, and squeaky poutine.
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