Subject: Re: More lax than US-Canada?
Date: Aug 03, 2001 @ 00:53
Author: bjbutler@bjbsoftware.com (bjbutler@...)
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>the 3rd Territory.
>
> Or rather, America could become either a) the 11th Province or b)
>it last Sunday, from the Algergrove crossing to the Peace Gardens.
> Regarding the Canada-US border south of Vancouver... I drove along
>pics of cameras along the PQ-VE border. But nothing to the naked eye
> No sign of lasers and cameras, although they do exist (I've seen
>sent
> Cheers,
>
> Doug
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: bjbutler@b...
> Date: Thursday, August 02, 2001 12:26:05 PM
> To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: More lax than US-Canada?
>
> Yeah, I wish Canada would just wise up, maybe even become the 51st
> state, and then we could stop all this nonsense.
>
> BJB
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Dallen Timothy <dtimothy@a...> wrote:
> > Jesper, Randy and others,
> > When did Norway and Iceland become part of the Schengen group?
> They're not
> > part of the EU as yet.
> >
> > I have a couple of pictures of the Monaco-France border at three
> different
> > locations. I'll try to get them made into prints, scanned and
> out toUS-
> > everyone. Actually this border is easy to spot if you're looking
> for it.
> >
> > Regarding the US-Canada border. It isn't as lax as most people
> think it is.
> > While it doesn't have the fences and walls as in the case of the
> Mexicoout.
> > border, it is heavily 'fortified' otherwise. Laser sensors all
> along the
> > border assist border patrol agents in finding illegal crossers,
> including
> > bears, moose, and elk--although the latter are usually not
> arrested. When
> > the lasers are tripped, ground patrol vehicles are dispatched to
> search for
> > crossers, and in more remote locations, helicopters are sent
> If aand
> > person crosses the border away from an official crossing point
> doesn'tregulations
> > report at the nearest immigration office, he/she could be fined
> thousands of
> > dollars and spend years in prison. Likewise, laws and
> create ahomes
> > rather difficult barrier as well, especially for people whose
> andfighting
> > yards are bisected by the border. While there are few actual
> physical
> > barriers on the US-Canada border, there are significant legal
> barriers,
> > laser sensors, and patrol vehicles and personnel that make it a
> fairly
> > fortified boundary.
> > Brian Butler mentioned his recent trip to the International Peace
> Garden.
> > I've done quite a lot of research in that area, and it's hard to
> believe the
> > terrible headaches that are created on a daily basis for the park
> > superintendents and personnel managers--they're constantly
> legaltax
> > battles, immigration-related personnel problems, country-specific
> > environmental conservation issues, insurance claims, binational
> > problems, etc. This is why the Peace Garden is unable to keep aSpain,
> > superintendent on staff for more than a few years at a time--too
> much legal
> > fighting over and along the US-Canada border. From the tourist's
> > perspective it is a peace garden, but from the organization's
> perspective it
> > is a constant battle--visitors don't see that side of it.
> >
> > Anyway, just a few observations on my part.
> >
> > Dallen
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jesper & Nicolette Nielsen [mailto:jesniel@i...]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 11:10 AM
> > To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> > Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] More lax than US-Canada?
> >
> >
> >
> > Randy,
> >
> > Within the Schengen countries (Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden,
> Denmark,
> > Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Austria,
> Portugal,can
> > Italy, Greece) as a rule there are no guarded borders, and you
> travelbuilt
> > freely crossing the border whereever you want.
> >
> > Most miniature countries like Monaco, the Vatican etc do also not
> have
> > guarded borders. In fact it should be quite hard even to spot the
> Monacon
> > border! Can anybody produce a picture?
> >
> > Jesper
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Randy Finder <mailto:naraht@D...>
> > To: BoundaryPoint@y... <mailto:BoundaryPoint@y...>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 5:04 PM
> > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] More lax than US-Canada?
> >
> > I was reading the article on the fences on InPk and the to be
> > on InBa. It hit me that at least to USAians, the other end of theAre
> > scale is the US-Canadian border. However that still has guards.
> > there other borders (perhaps inside the EU?) where the bordersare
> > treated more lightly and less well guarded than USCA?Service
> >
> > Randolph Finder
> >
> >
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