Several years ago I did some research on paddling the international lakes in the BWCAW-Quetico area. The Canadians insisted that Americans should stay on the American side of the lakes, but when I asked an American customs agent about it, he replied that his agency only cared if Canadians went ashore on the U.S. side. BTW, the 19th-century Webster-Ashburton treaty, which set the present boundary between the U.S. and Canada, gives citizens of both countries the right to use the customary portages along the border regardless of which side the portages fall on. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 25 2005 - 10:27:41 PDT
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