Here are the stops for the 12th and final episode* of "The Amazing Race 8 - Family Edition" which aired December 13, 2005 in a two-hour episode. The placemark folder contains details of each stop.

This week the final three teams flew from Montana to Canada where they covered a lot of ground in both Montreal and Quebec, then went on to the Niagara Falls area, finishing up in Lewiston, NY.

Along the way they had choices of curling or log-rolling as well as sailing & climbing a tall ship mast or finding Cinderella; they had to learn to fly from a trapeze, they rode jetboats and solved jigsaw puzzles. They stopped at the sites of the 1967 World's Fair and the 1976 Olympics, hunted among 56,000 stadium seats, and went to the top of the world's tallest tower.

After all they went through (which was only 25 days in real time), as usual it came down to a sprint to the finish line but this time it was a very close finish. The Linz family arrived first - barely - and took the million dollar prize. The Bransens came in just behind them, and the Weavers arrived third.

* There was an additional webcast competition for the 2nd and 3rd place teams to compete for a car that I'll post below.

Lots of photos this time:









The Linz family claims their million dollars - cheered on by all the previously eliminated teams -
closely followed by the Bransens, and finally the Weavers:




Unlike most two-hour tv shows, this one wasn't leisurely with a lot of filler material: after a short season recap, it was jam-packed and I had some trouble keeping up and finding some of the spots. Please let me know if anything's amiss and I'll correct them before packing all the episodes into one folder for the entire season.

Many, many fans were pleased with the results of the race tonight - hearty congratulations to the Linz siblings for their hard-earned victory and a job well done!

The show will pick up again in February, when they'll be traveling all over the world again.

Amazing Race official site