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phughes69 09-28-2015 05:27 PM


Originally Posted by Perlmudder (Post 4359789)
That is actually not quite right. This year the law changed, and any time you enter Canadian waters you are supposed to report to customs. It used to be if you do not anchor or step foot on Canadian soil you are fine, but not anymore.

So if I am going up the south channel which 1/2 is US and 1/2 Canadian and I cross the middle of the channel while navigating from US waters to US waters, I still have to call in?

CNC 09-28-2015 07:51 PM


Originally Posted by BBCLiberator (Post 4359552)
Bob Probert, couldn't play hockey in Canada...

but he died there....

Bob Probert died of a heart attack[18] on July 5, 2010. During a severe heat wave, while boating on Lake St. Clair with his children, father-in-law, and mother-in-law when he developed what was described as "severe chest pain" and collapsed at approximately 2:00 pm local time. His father-in-law Dan Parkinson, the Cornwall, Ontario, chief of police, attempted CPR to save his life.[19] He was rushed to Windsor Regional Hospital's Metropolitan Campus with no vital signs. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead later that afternoon.[20][21]

Funeral services were held July 9, 2010, in Windsor, Ontario, and attended by several former teammates and opponents,[22] including Dino Ciccarelli, Tie Domi, Chris Nilan, Gerard Gallant, Doug Gilmour, Stu Grimson, Joey Kocur, Brad McCrimmon, Darren McCarty and Steve Yzerman, as well as Red Wings general manager Ken Holland and owners Mike and Marian Ilitch.[23] Yzerman delivered the eulogy.[23] In recognition of Probert's love of motorcycle riding, his funeral procession was led by a group of 54 motorcyclists, and his casket was transported on a custom-built motorcycle sidecar.[23] Probert is survived by his wife, Dani, and four children.[22]

Probert's family announced, on September 25, 2010, that his brain would be donated to the Sports Legacy Institute to assist researchers who are studying the effects of concussions and other sports-related head injuries.[24] In February 2011, it was announced by researchers at Boston University that they had found evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in Probert's brain.[25] However the findings were not officially revealed in the press until late on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, by The New York Times and The Globe and Mail in Toronto.[26]

thirdchildhood 09-28-2015 08:39 PM

I zigzag across the border all the time.

buck35 09-28-2015 09:06 PM

Be careful, the border officers have no sense of humor!
Learned this on a sled trip, cost us an hour or so while we showed paperwork and waited.

dbkski 09-29-2015 02:05 AM

Take off you Hoser!!!


Originally Posted by thirdchildhood (Post 4358926)
Has anyone docked at the harbor on Bob-Lo (Bois Blanc) Island? The old amusement park is still there in ruins and we would love to explore it.

4 years 12 days 9 hours and 28 minutes earlier you asked the very same question!


Originally Posted by thirdchildhood (Post 3502934)
I am an American, Bob-Lo (Bois Blanc) Island is in Canadian waters. There are ruins of the old amusement park still there and I want to tie up at the little harbor and explore it.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...lo-island.html

Just do it before the ruins rust away!!! :evilb: :evilb:

thirdchildhood 09-29-2015 06:17 AM


Originally Posted by dbkski (Post 4360053)
Take off you Hoser!!!



4 years 12 days 9 hours and 28 minutes earlier you asked the very same question!



http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...lo-island.html

Just do it before the ruins rust away!!! :evilb: :evilb:

That's funny. Four years ago! Yep, been wanting to do this for a long time but forgot about that thread. I've just been thinking about Bob-Lo again this summer. :cool-smiley-027:

DoczDock 09-29-2015 07:29 AM


Originally Posted by BBCLiberator (Post 4359708)
Yes, one is gone, it left from Toledo for New York a few weeks back, we went down to "say goodbye" and see it being towed away, pretty neat. They made one of the boats into a Haunted House about 10 years ago -- the "Ste. Claire", but only had it for one year. It was cool, something different. The sign is actually the sign from the park that sat outside the magic show building when the Haunted Theater was running there, I sold it to a collector years ago.

In Gibraltar where my boat is at, the Ticket booth is permanently installed in one of the parks there as decoration and the other is owned by my marina, who will no doubt let it rot, just like they are letting the marina rot away. Both of these were from the Gibraltar Dock, which is where my rack and launch building is located now, built on the old dock site.

The Bob-Lo boat SS Columbia is now docked on the Buffalo River for further restoration. I understand the hull was refurbished in Toledo and they will be working on refurbishing her multiple decks over the next year or so while she is here. When she is done, she will be heading to the Hudson River to serve as a tour boat somewhere around New York City....

Perlmudder 09-29-2015 07:41 AM


Originally Posted by phughes69 (Post 4359893)
So if I am going up the south channel which 1/2 is US and 1/2 Canadian and I cross the middle of the channel while navigating from US waters to US waters, I still have to call in?

I do not know about the south channel, however I boat on the Niagara River which is half canadian and half US waters, and yes, that is what Canadian Customs told me. I stay on the Canadian side being a Canadian boat. The US as far as I am aware does not care if you boat in their waters as long as you do not land. But the Canadians still want you to check in if you go over the line.

BBCLiberator 09-29-2015 07:54 AM


Originally Posted by DoczDock (Post 4360099)
The Bob-Lo boat SS Columbia is now docked on the Buffalo River for further restoration. I understand the hull was refurbished in Toledo and they will be working on refurbishing her multiple decks over the next year or so while she is here. When she is done, she will be heading to the Hudson River to serve as a tour boat somewhere around New York City....

Yup, you got it.

low_psi 09-29-2015 12:46 PM


Originally Posted by thirdchildhood (Post 4359887)
Seriously? That is really screwed up. I will post an update when I try to cross the border in February. I have Canadian internet friends and don't want to rag on Canada but really, WTF?





How can they refuse entry to the USA if you are a citizen? Then you would truly be a man without a country!

I was referring to the hassle. Before 9/11 when you went to Canada by boat, you simply had to stop in at t place that had a Customs phone in station (boblo was/is one) and call in. Then they either told you to go ahead or wait to be inspected. Coming home (back to US) was a simple as going home. No call ins, no inspections, etc. Now you get more grief with UC customs agents than the Canadian agents... Now if you get caught by Customs agents crossing without going straight to a port for inspection or having your i68 form and radioing, there are sever penalties.....


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