samcphersoniii
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We plan to travel into Canada for 3 months late 2010 spring. What are some web sites that provide helpful info related to what you can take into Canada and what you can't.
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VintageRacer
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http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/new-neuf/advisory-avis/2008-05-13-eng.html
you can't bring most firearms, either.
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five'er
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VintageRacer wrote:
you can't bring most firearms, either.
Brian
Restircted firearms (Handguns etc)- Fire crackers are illegal almost everywhere and fireworks are a no no in some provinces (I.E - Alberta)
In regards to food.. you may find it easier to just buy it at the grocery store when you get here.. I found that to be true going the other way!
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dieharder
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Brian's link a couple of posts up seems to be related mainly to camping gear. This link is to a page for Canadian border information and services for non-residents visiting, settling in or doing business with Canada. Many links on this page, including prohibited/restricted goods.
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/noncan-eng.html
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Little Kopit
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There are quite a number of summary web pages with links to specific topic border crossing info. Be Aware and Declare is one that hits a lot of high demand topics.
Also, big, big search tip. Both google and yahoo have ways to search pages from specific countries. Their domain end in .ca. As in http://www.google.ca/. Then you want to click in the circle for 'pages from Canada'. That cuts out a lot of irrelevant fluff.
Also, pages that are from the authority, ie, the government end in ".gc.ca" or government Canada, Canadian domain.
& though dated, I have some articles on this topic in my signature. Please check it.
& tell us where you want to go. Many who have visited different parts of Canada have suggestions about what they enjoyed.
& I, I took the road less travelled by.
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Clattertruck
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In addition to Little Kopit's good information here are my suggestions:
Here are a few web sites for Canada Travel:
http://www.beaware.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/pub/bsf5082-eng.html
http://www.bctravel.com/travel2.html
Here are some publications that cost money:
Besides the Milepost there are other good books about Alaska Travel. I suggest the following:
Scenic Driving Alaska and the Yukon by Erik Molvar (very good book)
Alaskan Camping, by Mike and Terri Church, Fourth Edition (very useful)
Alaska, by John Murray, Fodor’s Compass American Guides
The World Famous Alaska Highway , by Tricia Brown
A Traveller’s History of Canada, by Robert Bothwell
MapArts Publishing, Canadian maps.
Alaska Atlas and Gazetteer , by DeLorme
You might like to look at my galleries on the web to see our photos and maps of our routes in 2002 and 2008 through B.C. Y.T. and Alaska.
click here: My Galleries
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SideHillSoup
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Your from the the East Side of here, if we knew where your where headed we could give you more Info.
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rr2254545
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Just a note we just got back from a 5 week circle of lake Superior. Note you can reserve the provincial parks on line. Get a provincial park book and it will tell you what dates they open and close.. We saw many great campsites right on the water in Parks we thought were closed.
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snwbrd
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Some Ontario Provincial Parks are very in demand and begin booking heavily five months in advance. A late spring/early summer arrival could mean you have a problem getting a site. Google (.ca) Ontario Provincial Parks Reservations for more info.
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Veebyes
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We recently were searched pretty good going into Canada. No guns or anything like that. What seemed to spark the added interest was that we did not know exactly how much alcohol we had onboard. Whatever, it was not much over the limit if at all.
45 minutes later after going through truck & trailer, but not opening slides, which meant that most compartments were inaccessible, we were on our way without paying a penny in duty.
Must have been a slow day at that border crossiing.
Now, lets see what the US customs & immigration are going to do in a couple days time! We still have nothing of interest to them either.
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