Canada border crossing

[Tdog]

I've been to Canada once in my life, back in another century & via air travel. My wife & I are striking out by car Monday for Calgary to visit my daughter & do a little sightseeing. I was thinking about a short look at Glacier National Park as my last US stop. I see there are a couple of highways from there north to Calgary. I'm pretty ignorant here - - if there is a road shown on the map, should I assume that I can go through Canadian customs at that site?

Thanks,

Jack

 

[Tig]

I'm not from that neck of the woods but I had a peek at the google earth and I see that hwy 89 flows right into hwy 2. Looks like a good place to cross. Enjoy your visit.

 

[Egon]

There definitely used to be a customs crossing there. Maybe check for hours of operation though. And stop in Waterton on the Canadian side.

 

[MossRoad]

I've been to Canada once in my life, back in another century & via air travel. My wife & I are striking out by car Monday for Calgary to visit my daughter & do a little sightseeing. I was thinking about a short look at Glacier National Park as my last US stop. I see there are a couple of highways from there north to Calgary. I'm pretty ignorant here - - if there is a road shown on the map, should I assume that I can go through Canadian customs at that site?

Thanks,

Jack

We had some friends that went to Glacier National Park last summer and they said one of the major roads had washed out, causing a long detour. You may want to check before you go to see if it will affect your plans.

 

[hwp]

No matter where you cross, you will have to go through Customs sooner or later. Remember that you are not allowed to take guns into Canada.

 

[milkman]

I've been to Canada twice a week for about 4 years, then 9/11 changed everything, Just this week in the news, it was reported that now you can have your laptop confiscated without explaination and kept for a "reasonable" amout of time, not specified how long is reasonable. Files can be copied and don't have to tell you how many or what files were copied. I would not take a laptop to Canada either after hearin this..

 

[Tdog]

Thanks all - - yeah, I saw that on laptops. Can't say I wasn't warned, but I'm taking it. I'll take that risk, rather than do without for the rest of my trip. If Homeland Security wants to snoop around in this geezers laptop, they are hard up for entertainment.

I'll definitely call ahead to see if all marked roads are passable.

 

[Tig]

The laptop inspection can be tedious. It takes a long time to review files, photos and emails with a customs officer. Clean all the extra stuff off if you can. That will make things a bit simpler if you should get brought in for an interview

 

[DocHeb]

Also, review the citizenship papers requirements. I haven't kept up on the rules (and they have changed the deadline so many times I can't keep track) - I always just bring my passport. You'll need proper identification for all in your group for the crossing.

 

[irvingj]

TDog-- I've taken school trips with 8th graders to Montreal & Quebec many times over the past 18 years, most recently in June of 2007. On that trip, for the first time, border officials wanted to see nothing but passports. Guess Canada's really a foreign country after all....