J McKinney wrote:
>
> 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)
No passport necessary, but you should have proof of citizenship
(driver's license plus birth certificate). They usually never look at
mine when I drive across the border, but I forgot the birth certificate
the first time I flew from Utah to Toronto. Getting in to Canada was no
problem, but the US immigration wasn't going to let me go home. If you
have a passport already, might as well bring it.
> 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?
No handguns. Rifles you can bring. When we flew to Alaska, they
strongly recommended that we carry a high-power rifle in case we had to
make an emergency landing in an unpopulated area (bear repellent).
For more info, you can check Canadian Customs
(http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/individuals/menu-e.html)
> 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?
Sounds like a great trip. My parents flew to Vancouver and drove up
into the Yukon last summer. They were sightseeing, but it took them a
lot longer to cover the country than they expected. Remember when you
see a map of BC and things look pretty close together, to check the
scale. Provinces are a lot bigger than most states.
Good luck, have a great time.
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