>From a snowmobile website: Regarding the Maine/Canadian border: "You must stop at customs to cross a Canadian/US border. The penalty for not stopping is $5,000 and loss of your snowmobile." Don't know if this is relevant to paddlers. Maybe snowmobile folks just need to be punished! Maybe this policy can be extended to *JETSKIES*! Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Does anyone know how this relates to the Remote Area Border Crossing permit system? K *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 01:25 PM 4/22/2005 -0500, Keith Wrage wrote: >Does anyone know how this relates to the Remote Area Border Crossing >permit system? I'm not exactly sure what this is but at a Marina on the US side of the 1000 Islands (on the St. Lawrence river, if there is any confusion) there was a little unattended booth that served as a crossing checkpoint. It had a keyboard for entering in your ID information, a video camera and what looked like some sort of 2-way audio communication system. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I have never had any hard questioning when crossing into Canada, but once when crossing back into the US a customs agent asked me several questions about where we got our kayaks, apparently suspecting that we bought them in Canada. This was despite the fact that the Minnesota registration stickers were prominently displayed on the bows of the kayaks! He never asked to see proof of ownership, however. Isn't it ironic and somehow symptomatic that not so very long after the European Union made crossing international borders easier the Bush administration is making it harder? 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/ ***************************************************************************
The last time re-entering the US from Canada was an interesting experience. When asked if I was bringing anything back with me, I admitted to bringing a deer antler I had found on some remote beach. Well, I was immediately shunted off to the side, and ordered to park it. That deer antler had to be carefully inspected. I thought I'd never get back into the US. Apparently hauling wildlife parts across international borders is roughly equivalent to hauling plastic explosives across the border. Bradford R. Crain Department of Mathematics and Statistics Portland State University 724 SW Harrison St. 334 Neuberger Hall Portland, Or. 97201 e-mail: crainb_at_pdx.edu phone: 503-725-3127 fax: 503-725-3661 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> That deer antler had to be carefully inspected. I thought I'd > never get back into the US. Apparently hauling wildlife > parts across international borders is roughly equivalent to > hauling plastic explosives across the border. I think - disease control considerations. Plus, bringing alien species - there were some horrible examples when invaded species were destroying habitats where they had no natural predators. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On 25 Apr 2005 at 20:43, alex wrote: > > That deer antler had to be carefully inspected. I thought I'd > > never get back into the US. Apparently hauling wildlife > > parts across international borders is roughly equivalent to > > hauling plastic explosives across the border. > > I think - disease control considerations. Plus, bringing alien > species - there were some horrible examples when invaded species were > destroying habitats where they had no natural predators. Reindeer (caribou/elk) are susceptible to mad cow disease, so there are restrictions on bringing them (or their meat and byproducts) across borders. I don't know if other deer are similarly at risk. Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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