Do I need a passport to drive to alaska?

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Christophe

I don't like flying much & really want to go to AK for some hunting. I hear there is a highway that goes all the way into AK, but you have to drive through part of Canada. Is there any roads that I can drive, where I wont need a passport?

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Technically, there is no way you can drive to Alaska from the CONUS without driving through Canada. Driving through Canada requires a passport or a passport card. From my experience, getting into Canada is very easy (though I have never brought firearms into Canada). However, getting back into Alaska is a bit more time consuming (at least it has been for me).

If you want to get to Alaska and money is not an option, you can take the Alaska Marine Highway. You can catch the ferry in Bellingham, WA. From there, you can take the ferry up to the Prince William Sound area and you can drive to most of the mainland Alaska from there. I believe you have to take the ferry from Bellingham to one of the SE Communities (Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat) and then hopping another ferry from there to Prince William Sound (probably Whittier is the most cost effective). The sailing will take days (I think 3 days to SE Alaska and another 3 days to Whittier), to get a vehicle that far will be well over $1K, and unless you want to pitch a tent on the back of the boat with the college kids, you need a berth which is going to cost you more.

To be completely honest, you would be much better off getting the Passport card. You can expedite the application and have one in your hand pretty quick for under $200.

Personally, if you are planning on taking a car, take the Alcan from Dawson Creek, BC up to Tok, Alaska. From there, you can reach most parts of the Alaska interior pretty easily. If you are looking for SE Alaska or the Aleutian Islands, that will be a bit more planning and possibly a ferry ride.

If you are transporting firearms through Canada, you need to get a license to transport the firearm through Canada. Check out http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/index-eng.htm for information on getting a license to do so. I've never done it personally, so I have no clue how easy it is to get one. It looks like you just fill out the paper work, declare them at the border, and pay $25.

Good Luck and happy hunting!

What do our indian friends think of this doing the rounds in Canada?

Mr Mom

i recieved this email, with the sub heading, its probably the same in australia, i know what my answer is.

lucky the canadians arn't into cricket hey, they would bite the hand that feed them there too, no doubt.
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see employment folk.

Nice man treat me
good in there,
Say I need to
see welfare.

Welfare say,
"You come no more,
We send cash
right to your door."

Welfare checks,
they make you wealthy,
Medicaid it keep
you healthy!

By and by,
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Thanks to you,
Canadian dummy.

Write to friends
in motherland,
Tell them 'come
fast as you can.'

They come in turbans
and Ford trucks,
I buy big house
with welfare bucks

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we live together,
More welfare checks,
it gets better!

Fourteen families,
they moving in,
But neighbour's patience
wearing thin.

Finally, white guy
moves away,
Now I buy his house,
and then I say,

"Find more aliens
for house to rent."
And in the yard
I put a tent.

Send for family
they just trash,
But they, too,
draw the welfare cash!

Everything is
very good,
And soon we
own the neighbourhood.

We have hobby
it's called breeding,
Welfare pay
for baby feeding.

Kids need dentist?
Wife need pills?
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Canadian crazy!
He pay all year,
To keep welfare
running here.

We think Canada
darn good place!
Too darn good for
the white man race.
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IAINYFAY wtf, the govt give nothing to indians-------------- It is interesting that the federal government provides a single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1, 890.00 and each can also get an additional $580.00 in social assistance for a total of $2,470.00.

This compares very well to a single pensioner who after contributing to the growth and development of Canada for 40 to 50 years can only receive a monthly maximum of $1, 012.00 in old age pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement.

Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!

Lets send this to all Canadians, so we can all be ticked off and maybe we can get the refugees cut back to $1, 012.00 and the pensioners up to $2,470 00 and enjoy some of the money we were forced to submit to the Government over the last 40 or 50 years.

Please forward to every Canadian to expose what our elected politicians are doing - to the over-taxed Canadian.

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Seems you got certain people all figured out Dave! Can you email me for a message.?

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