SteveRankin
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We delivered our DP last month to the new owners in Canada with no problems. DW neglected to renew her passport on time, but that isn't a requirement yet. Her old passport worked fine.
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mcgillagorilla
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wife and i snowbird from alaska south for the last three years.we always take a rifle or shotgun back and forth. always tell them right off of bat no problems we usually download the forms from the internet and fill them out beforehand except signing them give them the25.00 i think it is and good to go. we also use passports and have found it expedites crossing. after 911 some people were having a tough time getting back into usa as border was locked down.passport proves you are a usa citizen no ifs or maybes.that is why we went that route.we also get the canadian insurance card from our insurance agent and you are good to go. the card proves in case of accident or problems you are covered by insurance in canada. hope this helps.
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Sea Dog
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Quote: We were told not to bring any wood over the border but did so on both occasions. I plan a trip to the Montreal area in the fall and plan to do the same.
Yes, Yes, please continue to bring your insect infested wood into Canada.
About the only entertainment we have now is watching our trees and forests wither and die before our eyes!
(I take it you are one of those to whom the rules do not apply?)
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Take a vacation.
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Skid Row Joe
America, Tent Camping and RVing since 1960
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Little Kopit
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Riverdogrj, by request I wrote 3 articles on RVing in Canada last year. The first one answers or provides links to a lot of your border crossing questions.
I'm in the middle of moving long distance, so I've not been able to check all of the links for updates. Searching via http://www.google.ca/, click in the circle for pages from Canada, will get good results.
& I, I took the road less travelled by.
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Bea PA
Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Too bad they didn't get the idiot at the border who bought the pine beetle and the birch borer into the US, with that and the Gypsy moth our forests here are in trouble. It was a ship from China the brought the disease that killed all the American chestnut trees. There are always some who think they are above the law. The last time we went to California, they really inspected our rig, underneath with a flashlight because we have PA license and the Gypsy moth is so bad here. We take frozen fruits and vegs and dried potatoes into Canada and eat all our vegs and make fruit salad before crossing back into the states. Sometimes Canada won't allow chicken or eggs in if there is an outbreak of something here. I just don't bother to take them. We will be crossing next week.
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PackerBacker
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GaryMcManus wrote:We've been to Canada twice in the past 2 years. You currently do not need a passport to drive over the border, just a birth certificate will do (but not a copy). We were told not to bring any wood over the border but did so on both occasions. I plan a trip to the Montreal area in the fall and plan to do the same.
Please leave your wood at home! I was one of those 'need to bring my own firewood everywhere' people but after seeing some of the devastation, I no longer do it. I gave my pile of campfire wood to my daughter (lives a mile away) for her backyard fire pit.
I have a seasonal site this year in the Adirondacks and I was able to buy a pile of local wood for next to nothing.
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Sea Dog
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I have a stand of white ash which will soon be decimated because some idiot brought wood infested with the Ash borer to a provincial park about eight miles away.
Anyone bringing fire wood into a banned area should have their rig seized an sold.
Maybe a few folks would smarten up!
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Fiddich
Outside Ottawa
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GaryMcManus,
You are a star. Your mother must be proud.
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LiliinTO
Ontario, Canada
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Okay all, enough...
I am sure that, giving him the benefit of the doubt, Mr. McManus had no idea the impact that transporting wood between regions/across borders could have. Having now been throughly flamed, one can only hope he now knows why the regulations are in place.
Mr. McManus, there is lots of wood up here. We look forward to seeing you in Montreal toasting marshmellows over local timber.
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