Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 13:29:10 -0500
Reply-To: "John H. Rodgers" <inua@QUICKLINK.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: "John H. Rodgers" <inua@QUICKLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: Coming to Canada?
-- [ From: John H. Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
Larry, just an added note, since I am from Alaska and cross the border lots
of times. Unless something has changed recently, sporting rifles and
shotguns are permitted. I nearly always have one with me, and I leave it
out right on top of my gear so customs folks can see it. I always declare it
and have never had any trouble.
Handguns are another issue. If your destination is inside Canada, leave them
at home, period!! If you are simply passing through Canada going somewhere
else, have them shipped to your destination in accordance with the U.S.
Federal Firearms Act. DO NOT try to bring them into Canada, whether you are
just passing through, or going to stay for a while. You will encounter more
kinds of grief than you would ever want to deal with.
Along those same lines, if you wind up going to Alaska, and purchase
anything made of Ivory, ship your ivory home. Do not try to transport it
through Canada. It will be confiscated at minimum, and you may have other
grief as well. Sale of processed sea mammal ivory is legal there, so long
as it is done by an Alaska Native, ie, Eskimo, Aleut, Indian, etc. under the
Marine Mammal Act. Elephant ivory is illegal, and you have to watch out for
the imported elephant ivory through the shops, because much tourism
knicknacks found in gift shops comes from the Orient. Alaska has a program
to identify Native carved sea mammal ivory. You can learn about that when
you get there. Canada apparently does not recognize the Marine Mammal act as
Alaska uses it, so ALL ivory becomes contraband, whether sea mammal ivory or
elephant ivory.
So again, if you buy Alaska Native processed Ivory - whether white ivory or
fossil ivory - ship it home. Don't attempt to go through Canada with it.
John Rodgers
An Alaskan in Alabama getting ready to go home in his '85 GL
-------- REPLY, Original message follows --------
Date: Sunday, 24-May-98 08:50 AM
From: Larry Carter \ Internet: (lcarter@cowichan.com)
To: Vanagon \ Internet: (vanagon@vanagon.com)
Subject: Coming to Canada?
Hello;
If you're coming to Canada leave your firearms at home. If customs find
it, you will lose it, and have to pay a hefty fine and be detained until
they get their money. This is guaranteed to ruin your trip. You won't
need any weapons in Canada anyway. we're all good guys here. Most border
crossings have dogs, you know the kind. so don't expect any breaks there
either. I recently read in the local paper that they were getting one drug
smuggler and two gun runners off every sailing of the MV Coho, which docks
in Victoria harbour twice daily.
Once you're here you can pretend your Canadian, nobody will ever know.
Notice the courtesy, manners, and lack of tobacco smokers.
I've passed through the states many times and am always surprised by the
differences, particularly in the east. Larry Carter
-------- REPLY, End of original message --------
| 
