WARNING about crossing the border into CANADA

I would recommend flying our sailing into canada as opposed to driving in.

Here is why........

I went for a drive to canadain border for my first time ever last year and that was probably my worst experience all year.

First, The stool pigeon at the little border booth questioned me like I was some kind of terrorist trying to get into canada

Second, while I was inside talking to the customs agent they decided to just search my car without me even asking me. I went outside after they refused to let me in "on the grounds of I was unemployed" I had just gotten out of the military and I didn't have a job. The fact I had over $40,000 in the bank didn't make any difference.

Third, when I got home a few days later I relized my "citizen" watch (worth about $300) was gone from my trunk.

Well there you have it....you can bet I want be trying to drive across the border anytime soo.

Soo...I guess its safe to say Canada doesn't have many illegal aliens.

cANAda EatS BabiEs

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Originally Posted by Euphoric

cANAda EatS BabiEs

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I'm not sure if we eat baby seals but I know we sure kill lots of them.

ah yes.....BLESS YOU!

ok let me get this straight......the canadian officials at teh border searched ur car without permission, and took your watch? If I were you i'd take some legal action....you might be able to get something out of it.

people like that have a huge upper hand...if I had stood up for myself they could have planted some dope and OWNED my ca.

possetion of drugs while crossing a border is grounds for the vehical being used to be auctioned off into gov't funding.

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Originally Posted by Shelbay

Soo...I guess its safe to say Canada doesn't have many illegal aliens.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That was good. I hate when people miss good "zings".

Ill never understand why people buy expensive watches

Actually 5?6?7? of the 9/11 part time pilots crossed into USA via canda, so no they do not have terriost in canada. They send them here:) J/K

But, we send our murders up there? It's a fair trade off.

Canada is full of nice folks. Just most of them believe in the " i saw it, so it's mine" religion. I have had parcels missing cookies from canada, so I figure there starving. I want to live in Canada one day though, so I will stop bad mouthing them, aye.

Grin: My bro got caught inbetween USA and Canada back in 2000 I think it was. Canada would not let him in and USA did not want him either.(they both searched him THOURHLY)........he sat there for hours before the USA had to let him back in..........was funny

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Originally Posted by grinthenbearit

I would recommend flying our sailing into canada as opposed to driving in.

Here is why........

I went for a drive to canadain border for my first time ever last year and that was probably my worst experience all year.

First, The stool pigeon at the little border booth questioned me like I was some kind of terrorist trying to get into canada

Second, while I was inside talking to the customs agent they decided to just search my car without me even asking me. I went outside after they refused to let me in "on the grounds of I was unemployed" I had just gotten out of the military and I didn't have a job. The fact I had over $40,000 in the bank didn't make any difference.

Third, when I got home a few days later I relized my "citizen" watch (worth about $300) was gone from my trunk.

Well there you have it....you can bet I want be trying to drive across the border anytime soo.

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yeah, you were problay alone... and that's most likely why they gave you a hard time... All you need to do is go with people, and have a hotel reservation in canada, as soon as they check it and find out that you do they will let you through, just don't have like print outs of directions to seed banks or any dumb shit, because they will take it, and find out whos computer it came from(well actually what the serial number of the printer it came off of was)

uh, Canada/US has an Open boarder...I have never been searched in all my trips .

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Originally Posted by Myth1184

uh, Canada/US has an Open boarder...I have never been searched in all my trips .

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Whens the last time you crossed?

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Originally Posted by pabloescobar209

Whens the last time you crossed?

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I live right across from america,, they never search us or anything, i mean if they did search people for no reason the whole border would be backed up for years lol. ( detroit and windsor are verry heavy trade points for US/America)

Ya Canada isn't that hard to get into, The States is sooooooo much worse for anyone non-American.

The first and only time I tried to get into Canada was May 2005 at night time.

damn canadians!

the pct trail goes into manning park b.c. from washington
no border patrol or anything.

friendowl,

what does "pct trail" stand for?

Thanks bud

PCT Trail is the "Pacific Crest Trail". It's a long backpacking trail that goes from Mexico to Canada. Pretty rugged up there in the North Cascades.

Which reminds me of the time I got hassled going into Canada. I had been backpacking/mountaineering in the North Cascades for an entire month. I thought it might be fun to go into Vancouver for dinner and decided to drive on up. Having lived out of a tent for the last 30 days I was pretty grubby, plus I had long hair and drove a car covered in Grateful Dead stickers. As I sat waiting to go through the check point I watched as one car after another was passed though with a wave and a smile. When they got to me it was "Please pull over there and report to customs" So I go in and get the third degree. Then they come out and search my car. First they went digging through my backpack with a fine tooth comb. That was pretty funny actually, since it had all the funky, rank smelling clothes that I had been wearing for a month and hadn't yet washed. The look on the guy's face was priceless. Finding nothing there they dug through the rest of the car until the guy says "how many fireworks are you bringing in?" I'm like "what? None?" So he holds up one tiny firecracker and says "then whats this? Smuggling fireworks is a crime. We could arrest you, confiscate your automobile, blah blah blah..." I was totally tripping out by this point and explained that I had left for my trip just after July 4th and that one must have just rolled under the seat and been forgotten. He continued to give me bunch of crap but finally let me go.

Coming back in to the U.S. was just as bad.

Friendowl..........Does this trail still exsist today? I am wanting to go to canada w/a baby in tow, but I am an ex-con and they frown on letting us in:)

I have great friends in canada to live w. I just need to get to them. How long of a hike is it to get into canada? I do 10 mile hikes regularly here in the mtns of SE AK, so I am game:) and so ready to get out of here.

TY in advance

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Originally Posted by hindu420spade

Friendowl..........Does this trail still exsist today? I am wanting to go to canada w/a baby in tow, but I am an ex-con and they frown on letting us in:)

I have great friends in canada to live w. I just need to get to them. How long of a hike is it to get into canada? I do 10 mile hikes regularly here in the mtns of SE AK, so I am game:) and so ready to get out of here.

TY in advance

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Check out my post above. Yes, the PCT trail still exists. It is one of the best known backpacking trails in the country. I haven't been on the trail right where it crosses into Canada but have been on the trail near the border and it is very rugged area. Lots of snow and rain year round. I would imagine that going from the U.S. into Canada via this route would be at least a 2-3 day undertaking. Definitely not what you'd want to do with a baby in tow.

Here are pics of the PCT in Washington

You don't know or my babies...lol...no offence.

I have traveled small ones, literally coast to coast and up a little....lol

I went so faras to take one on a ferry for 3 days to get where I am now, so walking w/1 in a ruck sack will be no problem w/3 days rations. Heck I can take the dogs for a walk. I have already looked it up on the web and have a map I am referencing now on teh trail.

I am also looking hard at detroit to just go across. I don't know if I want to save the strain that much, but I will wrap it in tomatoe plants and try to ship them south to a friend in Wa to keep it alive and well. The ferry system here is a joke when it comes to anything....lol

No offense taken. Actually, I re-read your post after posting mine and saw that you do have a lot of experience hiking in Alaska.

I think the hardest thing would be timing of the weather. When I was there it rained for the first ten days straight without ever stopping. Out of a 30 day trip we had 11 days without rain and two of those we were socked in with the thickest fog I've ever seen. Absolutely incredible country when the weather is good though.

Travelling with little ones is always fun. I've got one myself. Actually, I think a 3 day hike would be a lot better than my last big trip with my daughter. 13 hrs on a plane with 1 1/2 year old. :(

Good luck and have fun.

i took my little brother hiking in the green moutains, that was fun, he was 4 then. we had a blast, and i taught him how to fish. i havn't seen him since then.

went to montreal for a night when i was 19 with 2 people,and on the way back 1 of them had a tiny bit of weed,we're talkin maybe 2 hits but he lied about ditching it,and the motherfucker said i knew all about it instead of just burning himself
they seized my car for auction,gave me a ticket,after 2 hours of telling me iwas goin up for international drug trafficking just to fuck with me.and made me and the other dude walk back into town in FEB at the CanAM border
Dambass with the speck of weed got a ride into town to courthouse where he was ROR
For ten yrs after i couldnt get in at all,its a hit and miss thing to this day
Moral:leave the cheap ass at home,and the smoke(unfortunately),Can. hash kicks ass anyhow

Anyone that is dumb enough to try and bring weed across a boarder deserves to get caught.

a true pot-head will always carry his weed
border or no border its all the same
every where we go we get high
thats just how it is

when you cross the canadian border is it the same as mexico or worse.
if they ask you about a criminal past how do they check
i thought canadians we real laid back.

put on some tighty whiteys and stuff it in with your package. they aint gonna strip search u just check your pockets and shyte.

i read in a article on this forum that a lady lost her car because she tried to cross the border with a joint........drug dogs got her