Crossing Canada-U.S. border: by bike, hiking, etc.

[shootingstar]

I've passed through the border crossing by Windsor when we were going to Ann Arbour, Michigan, BikeWriter. Didn't know you were that close to the border.

Another time, I was Sarnia, Ontario where there is another border crossing. A friend who lived in another Ontario city about 30 km. away, pointed out the U.S., just across a 10 metre part of the St. Clair River!

[Bike Writer]

I've passed through the border crossing by Windsor when we were going to Ann Arbour, Michigan, BikeWriter. Didn't know you were that close to the border.

Another time, I was Sarnia, Ontario where there is another border crossing. A friend who lived in another Ontario city about 30 km. away, pointed out the U.S., just across a 10 metre part of the St. Clair River!

The town I live is is just north of Ann Arbor. I can be in downtown A2 in about 10-15 minutes by car.

[DebW]

I hiked the Long Trail in Vermont in 2003 and you walked up to the US-Canadian border in the woods and could stand with one foot on either side of the line. I believe there were planes patrolling the border. Around 1977, I paddled the St. Croix River, with forms the US-Canadian border in Maine, for several days. One night we camped on the Canadian side, in a mosquito-infested swamp, and no one was around who cared.

[OakLeaf]

I haven't, but a friend of mine has done a couple of point-to-point marathons that start on one side of the border and finish on the other. Apparently they check your passports and put you on a bus, then your race bib is enough to get you back across. Course control must just be insane.

[mzone]

At least one annual tour in Michigan crosses over into Canada, the Blue Water Ramble, by way of a ferry crossing of the St. Clair river.

http://www.lmb.org/crr/bwr2012.html

There are other events, like the Detroit Marathon, which crosses between Detroit and Windsor. The runners have to be cleared the day before with all of their documents.

[missjean]

A few years back I was on a supported bike tour of upper VT and we spent one night in Canada. The Canadian border guard was really nice, asking us all about the tour & wishing us a good day. He didn't look in the sag-wagon, we just showed him out passports and we were on our way. And, like DebW, we spent the night beating off those Canadian mosquitos!
The next day we roll up to the US border and what a difference. The guard was a big fat guy, all gruff & impatient (it was not a busy day, just a few cars & us) looking at our passports, at us, at our panniers, and looking inside the sag-wagon. Someone mentioned the difference in attitude and the guard said "That's why the Canadians have all the terrorists!" I totally understand the need for vigilance, but not the bad attitude.

[shootingstar]

Interesting about marathons that take joggers in and out between U.S. and Canada.

When we cycled 90 km. one way from Germany to Basel, Switzerland, we stopped by the Rhine where in Germany, we could see France across a short river distance..and to our left just 100 metres..was Switzerland.