rnArmy
Adventurer
So... I was going to spend a week up in Canada. I was entering via the Sumas border crossing (in WA), and going as far north as Whitehorse (a four day drive from the border), and then turning around and driving four days back. I was pre-running part of a trip I'm leading next month to the Arctic Ocean via the Dempster Highway.
Anyways, I had all my paperwork in order for my Marlin lever action 45-70 Guide Gun, and the clerk lady was asking me where I was going and such. When I told her I was going as far north as Whitehorse, she denied my application. Said I wasn't going "remote" enough, and that Whitehorse is a big city with a hospital. There was no discussing the fact I would be driving four days to get there in some pretty remote areas, and four days back. So I had to backtrack to a town to store my rifle while I was gone (cost $25 to store for a week), and then go back through the border crossing.
I've brought rifles and shotguns into Canada before with no issue, but have never had them make a judgement call as to if I really was going to an area that justified having them.
And they inspected my vehicle and trailer when they denied my application, and again when I went back through the border crossing into Canada later that morning after dropping off my rifle.
So take-home message: If going through a border crossing into Canada, make sure you tell them you will be going to very remote areas, will not be camping at established campgrounds, etc. It left a very sour taste in my mouth for the whole time I was in Canada.
Anyways, I had all my paperwork in order for my Marlin lever action 45-70 Guide Gun, and the clerk lady was asking me where I was going and such. When I told her I was going as far north as Whitehorse, she denied my application. Said I wasn't going "remote" enough, and that Whitehorse is a big city with a hospital. There was no discussing the fact I would be driving four days to get there in some pretty remote areas, and four days back. So I had to backtrack to a town to store my rifle while I was gone (cost $25 to store for a week), and then go back through the border crossing.
I've brought rifles and shotguns into Canada before with no issue, but have never had them make a judgement call as to if I really was going to an area that justified having them.
And they inspected my vehicle and trailer when they denied my application, and again when I went back through the border crossing into Canada later that morning after dropping off my rifle.
So take-home message: If going through a border crossing into Canada, make sure you tell them you will be going to very remote areas, will not be camping at established campgrounds, etc. It left a very sour taste in my mouth for the whole time I was in Canada.