neil.ervin
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I've been trying to reach Canadian Customs, but you know the story.....
This weekend I will be taking my trailer onto Vancouver Island via the Port Angeles Victoria ferry. Canadian customs regs say we can bring in a 'small amount of food'. I wondered if any US folks have discovered anything a bit more definitive than 'small'. I have a 25' trailer. The referigerator has a small freezer. Can we go in with full referigerator and freezer? We'll be on the island for two weeks.
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Neil Ervin, Phoenix, Arizona (Sun City Grand)
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2oldman
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'Reach' as in call? LOL
Crossing Canadian border 3 - food
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Artum Snowbird
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Most likely, yes you can. But then... if they start asking questions...they may want some things to stay home.
Things grown in the ground, like onions and potatoes are likely not too welcome. Some fruit can't come.
The very best tourists and visitors bring their money, and spend it in the host places they visit, thereby supporting the local economy. The worst bring all they need to eat and drink, and then take home fish and game, often over their legal limits.
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SideHillSoup
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We travel with our 5th wheel across the border all the time into the states and then back into Canada. As a rule we don’t take any meat, vegetables or Fruit either way. In saying that, there are some meets and vegetables and fruits that are permitted going in both directions, however to make is simpler when asked what we have, we don’t carry none what’s so ever. We have a full fridge and cupboards with all the rest of the normal foods like pickles, butter, pop, juices, canned items and condiments, and there has never been an issue.
We find the first grocery store on the either side of 49 and buy what we require.
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paulj
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As noted the issue is more with fresh than shelf stable groceries, and you are more likely to be asked about food when returning to the States. I'd just take the ferry with what you now have, and get groceries in Victoria and later as needed. I don't think there's anything special about grocery shopping in Port Angeles.
When I return from Canada I try to minimize the amount of fresh meat, fruit and vegetables, just to keep the crossing simple.
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pdq_bc
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just like Soup . . . we do not bring food into states, nor back into canada.
It seems to us that the "rules" of what can come in and can't come in change way too quickly.
Easy to just stop at the local grocery store: We set out a meal plan before hand, arrive at the store and load up!
regards, pdq
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When i go fishing i stop at Safeway and buy about $300 of food for 10 days they dont say a word.
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