My Wife and I went a similar route on our recent Honeymoon. We drove
Highway 5 from LA to San Francisco, and then 101 through Oregon and up into
Washington. We then took ferries to the San Juan Islands, to Vancouver
Island, and from Vancouver Island a ferry to Prince Rupert Canada. From
there, a sea plane to Ketchikan Alaska. We carried passports with us, but I
believe a drivers license will suffice. Just remember, everything up there
is on the metric system, so when the speed limit is 110, remember it is km/h
NOT mp/h ;0)
Have fun!!! It is a beautiful drive!!!
Ryan LeBlanc
99, Durango, 5.9L, 4x4, SLT, Forest Green
97, CC, 5.2L, 5 spd, 4x2, SLT+, Black
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of J McKinney
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 2:32 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Long trip in the Dakota-Canada questions
I'll be making the long trip from Central California all
the way up through Canada to a friends place in Anchorage
Alaska, about 3000 mi each way. I'll probably be doing
this in May or June. Since I've never driven across the
border, I have some questions for the Canadien DML'ers. Do
you need a passport to cross the border?? (don't think so,
but gotta ask) Also, I know you guys are a little funny
when it comes to firearms in your country. Am I going to
run into problems if I have a handgun and it's unloaded in
a locked container?? (are there any magazine capacity
limits?) What about rifles?
Should be a fun trip and nice to travel in comfort and
style (I'll have to get some tires with a more mild tread,
I'll go nuts listening to the Swampers hummm for 3 or 4
days at a time)!! It'll be kind or weird to have to change
my oil before I leave my house, again when I get to Alaska
and again when I get back home.
Anybody else done this same trip? Any hints?
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John McKinney
Los Banos, CA
1998 Dakota 4x4 5in lift/locked 33" Swampers
1974 Ramcharger 4in lift/locked 33" BFG MT's
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