[pct-l] Denied Entry to Canada

[Bruce Harvey]

In 2007, instruction was to turn in the entry form to a Canadian  
official when getting ready to leave or leaving Canada.  Tried that  
at the Vancouver train station.  Two invidual officials were clearly  
neither prepared to take into hand a paper that neither recognized or  
understood.  Their adice was to give it to the US customs official.   
That seemed farcical advice, but I tried it anyway.  The US customs  
official had a good chuckle.
geezer

On Mar 11, 2009, at 2:36 PM, Paul Magnanti wrote:

>
> In reality, I would not sweat it.
>
> Technically speaking, EVERY hiker is supposed to check themselves  
> in at Hope, BC (IIRC) to
> say they are now in Canada if coming from the PCT. I only know one  
> hiker who did that
>  (Iron Chef aka Matt Geiss here on PCT-L. They gave him some way  
> cool rub on RCMP tattoos! :)
>
>
> The border is in the middle of now-where.  The trail goes to the  
> equivalent of a state park. I'd very surprised
> if you see border patrol in the park in these cash-strapped times.  
> You are more likely to have trouble getting back
> IN to the US if you don't have the proper paper work.
>
> I am not a LEO, lawyer or any kind of expert in customs. This is  
> just my own
> half-ass opinion. :)
>
>
>
>
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