Canada boosts patrols to prevent “caravans of Americans” crossing border

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LOL @ 2020.

Americans in boats and RVs have been flouting the Canadian coronavirus border closing, forcing authorities to crack down

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Since March, the U.S.-Canada border has been closed to all but essential traffic in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus. But Americans being Americans, they are flouting the new regulations in the pursuit of their usual summer fun.

According to NPR, “Canadian border patrol has effectively prevented caravans of Americans” from crossing the border. Most are arriving by sailboats and luxury yachts.

Those crossing the border have often told officials that they are heading to Alaska to circumvent the new regulations. But because so many Americans are using the so-called “Alaska loophole,” authorities have increased restrictions.

One reason Americans are being spotted is that Canadian boaters are using technology to monitor them. With the requirement that all passenger boats have to be equipped with tracking devices to help prevent weather-related accidents, anyone with an internet connection can monitor border-crossings and identify vessels by type and country of origin.

“A number of us that are retired boaters and still members of the Council of BC Yacht Clubs started looking at the number of American boats that were crossing our border, in spite of the prohibition by the federal government,” President of BC Marine Parks Forever, George Creek, told NPR.

But Creek says that the Americans are starting to catch on to the tracking.

“They’re turning them off as they cross the border. We see them on the computer, and at a particular point a few minutes later, they’re not there anymore,” he said.

Both Creek and his fellow Canadians don’t appreciate border crossing Americans. As NPR points out, one poll found eight in 10 Canadians want the border with the United States to stay closed due to the coronavirus.

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"When America sends its people, they're not sending their best."
 

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And when Canada sends its people, they are old guys raised on stories of smugglers and rum-runners, who have been waiting for a purpose for their new-fangled tracking stuff, and computers.
Hint for Americans, these 'amateur trackers' are supposed to report you to Canadian Border Services. They are not allowed to board your boat and demand all your beer as a 'fine'.
 

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Oh how the turn tables. I remember the glory days of my youth in New Hampshire, where you just had to have hockey gear in your car and they'd wave you through the border.

I'm sure if you REALLY wanted to cross, you could just go to the middle of nowhere and run through the woods, but then you run the risk of being eaten by a moose.
 

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We're going to get a wall. And the US will pay for it.

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A fine aluminum wall, as the US is slapping a tariff on our aluminum!
And, unlike the US/Mexican wall - you can pay for a one-hour pass, wherein you can come into Canada via a supervised gate and take a picture of yourself -possibly wearing a tacky T-shirt emblazoned with the words 'I Crossed The Line!'
That should make a few bucks in itself.
 

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We'll sell them plenty of aluminum Canada pins in retaliation. After four years of Trump they will need a lot to travel abroad.

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Set up some shops selling poutine too. Americans will buy anything smothered in gravy, cheese, or bacon.
 

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We're going to get a wall. And the US will pay for it.

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Or maybe a chain link fence. But it will be a beautiful fence. Very shiny and strong. Fine, American-made galvanized steel. Making it will create very many very good American jobs. Tremendously beautiful American jobs.
 

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Oh, yes! And, if you printed that picture in any state that doesn't border us, they'd be shocked, awed, and headed away from us.
 

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All you have to do is visit Haskell Free Library and Opera House (the link is to Wikipedia) that has one door in Derby Line, Vermont, and another in Stanstead, Quebec with a black line running through it that you're no longer allowed to cross. (Update: While double checking my memory on Google, I discovered the the library is closed because of the pandemic.)
 
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