On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:14:38 -0700, Gary G see.signature@bottom
wrote:

I know about the gun issue. No problem. I've seen reference to the
I-68 which no one seems to officially use.

The I-68 is for US INS and (re)entering the US. It has nothing to do
with entering Canada.

There is CANPASS and a PIN
thing. I will have to sort these out.

CANPASS is a way of pre-registering so that you can clear faster. Not
required, and probably not worth the effort unless you are going back
and forth regularly.

The alcohol still puzzles me. The limit is around 1.1L of booze, xx L
of beer and (I think or) yy L wine per person. What does this mean?
Is this a duty-free limit? If in total there is more booze than
allowed, is it a matter of paying some tax or what? Same for wine and
beer. Then, the same question when coming back to US port. What
happens if there is say twice the "allowed" amount on board?

As I understand it, appropriate "ship's stores" can go back and forth
across the border, possibly with duty applicable -- probably not worth
the hassle unless there's something you can't get in Canada. When
entering the US by boat, I have never found customs to be interested
in alcohol. When returning to Canada, customs has held me to limits on
alcohol acquired in the US, duty free or otherwise.

The easy way is to stay within the limits for the border crossing,
then hit the liquor store on the Canadian side. Prices are similar on
the good stuff, but you won't find cheap plastic jugs of
rum/vodka/gin, like in a US discount liquor store.

Ryk