Nanaimo will be the next stop on The Amazing Race Canada.

The announcement was made at the end of TuesdayB次元官网网址檚 episode of the CTV reality competition, in which teams of two travel across the country and race to complete challenges in order to advance to the next locale.

The Nanaimo episode marks a return to the Island for The Amazing Race Canada. Last seasonB次元官网网址檚 race began at Hatley Park National Historic Site in Colwood outside Victoria, and after a swing through B.C. and the Yukon the contestants were back in the area for challenges on Salt Spring Island, Duncan and Shawnigan Lake.

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Lysakowski said the Amazing Race Canada is no stranger to B.C. or the Island, adding that the province has a lot to offer.

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Amazing Race Canada host Jon Montgomery lives in Victoria and often travels to Nanaimo to play golf, go boating and visit with friends. He said the competition is an opportunity to show the Island off to the rest of the country.

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Montgomery said each time the show comes to the Island theyB次元官网网址檙e B次元官网网址減ulling at different threads.B次元官网网址� He said the places the racers will visit in and around Nanaimo are all new to him.

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Those Nanaimo-area locations will be revealed in the next episode of The Amazing Race Canada, airing on CTV on Tuesday, July 30 at 9 p.m.

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