RE: [Paddlewise] Travel tips: USA to CA & back

From: Joyce, Thomas F. <TJoyce_at_bellboyd.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:20:11 -0500
Emile asked:

"Would anyone who has recent experience transporting a personally-owned kayak
by car across the U.S./Canadian border care to offer some advice or caveats
to the uninitiated?"

I have often brought kayaks (non-folding) back and forth across the border at Sault Ste. Marie.  Customs officials have never expressed any undue interest in the fact that I was carrying one.  ("Undue" is the key word:  One Canadian turned out to be a fellow kayaker and was very interested in tips I gave him for paddling in Georgian Bay.)  I usually try to bring my boat papers with me, including my Illinois license:  perhaps the only practical application for registration of my watercraft in Illinois, but a cheap price, if I am ever hassled about it.  I will know by the end of the summer whether post-9/11 protocol has changed.  

TFJ

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