[pct-l] Getting into Canada

[Austin Williams]

Thank you, this is just what I needed to know.  :)



On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Gary Wright <gwtmp01 at mac.com> wrote:

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> On Dec 9, 2009, at 5:09 PM, Austin Williams wrote:
> > Going into Canada from the U.S. along the PCT is legal, if you have the
> > permit.  Has anyone ever been denied the permit?  Ever?  If you have or
> know
> > of anyone who has, please let me know.  I suspect the criteria for
> getting
> > that permit are much more lax than normally entering Canada for vacation.
>
> There have been numerous reports on this list of hikers being denied
> permits.  Most often the reason has been a DUI/DWI or some other arrest
> record.  I'm sure there are probably folks who didn't even bother with the
> process because they knew what was in their background and they probably
> didn't share with the list either. :-)  Just recently there was a post about
> several groups of hikers touching the border and then turning around due to
> permit/entry concerns during last year's thru-hike season.
>
> Gary Wright (Radar)
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