Katie Holmes never really rowed the boat. The boat was pulled by a rope that remained out of focus by the camera.
In the first episode, when Grams is calling Jen from Dawson's room, it was a different actress who was wearing a wig and not Mary Beth Peil.
Original episode title was "Emotions in Motion."
The movie poster for slasher film "I Know What You Did Last Summer" appears in various scenes in the first few episodes of the first season (video store, classroom, Dawson's bedroom). Creator Kevin Williamson wrote the screenplay for this film that was released the year before the show premiered.