What Happens? Walk Thru The PEACE ARCH USA Canada Border
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- Опубликовано: 2 сен 2021
- If you walk through the Peach Arch at the Douglas Border Crossing between Canada and the United States without going through customs will you get arrested? I find a volunteer to try it out. Very surprising results.
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The first time we were here we saw a Canadian woman walk out of her house and walk her dog in the US. Half an hour later, after we'd walked around in Canada taking pictures, as we walked back into the US she was going back into her house. In the 90s one of my friends, Cliff, used to smuggle fireworks into Canada for Chinese New Year. He'd go down with his friends in a car and buy a load of fireworks on the reservations. They'd go into Peace Arch Park then two would cross into Canada with the fireworks. The other two would then take the car across at the truck crossing and pick them up. Years later Cliff was working in Silicon Valley and bought his first car. He decided to drive home to show his parents. He pulled into the customs channel on the Canadian side and pulled out his passport. The border guard looked him right in the eyes and said "No fireworks this time Cliff?" They had always known. Entering Canada as an American is always more pleasant than entering the US as an American.
I did the same thing in the library in Standstead quebec front of library Canada back is the USA.
I’ve visited the Peace Arch. The US side and Canadian side of the parks are easily accessible and you can freely walk across the border at that point. But it’s heavily monitored with cameras and sensors and there are signs telling people they must only leave the park from the side in which they entered or risk being fined and/or arrested.
This Is fun to watch and terrific to listen to the history. Thank you for creating this!!
My mom works in cbp and she says that some officers monitor the border and they will not care if you walk through and they will only stop you if you keep on going pass the border, the building and tables near the peace arch is also a common place where border protection workers have partyies/hangout
As a kid, I remember going to big picnics at peacharch on the Canadian side. All us younger kids would walk across the border past the park into the US. We’d only go to get different snacks you could only find in us corner stores like ampm. Most the time the border patrol would leave us alone, maybe follow us; but sometimes they would arrest us. It it was more of a detain us, ask us a few questions then drop us off at the Canadian side where we’d get lectured before ultimately letting us go. Good times :)
Now that was fun I remember walking trough that Peace arch in the late 60s shhhh I'm just a little bit older now lol!
This was so fun to see. Also I learned so much thank you.
2001, 20+ years ago, I went from Canada side Peace Arch park to US side park, and walked out of the park, then was detained by US border patrol, and sent back to Canada. It was before 911, I guess it could be a lot different if after 911
Thanks for this nice uplifting video
I went from North Dakota into Manitoba and back again twice: once when i was married back in the 1970s, and once about 10 to 12 years later with a friend. we didn't need passports back then, but the border guards sure did ask a lot of questions and were interested in how many cigarettes we were bringing into Canada. we visited Winnipeg. i remember being struct by how clean it was in that area of Canada. i saw a gum wrapper on a government building lawn, but that was the only trash i saw on the way to/from and around Winnipeg.
Nice! On my bucket list.
I could be wrong but I think that good looking guy crossing the Peach Arch was JCV himself. Nice work as always my friend !
What about a Schengen-type treaty between Canada and the USA like in Central Europe?
I remember being at The Peace Arch back in July of 2001. Very beautiful place!!!!!! This was before 9/11. However I don't think I ever walked acrossed. Maybe I did but don't remember!
The best border crossing in the world. A lesson to all countries.
Truth be told, I’ve stepped across the border like that several times on different trips to Vancouver and Seattle! Scallywag’s, all of us...!
Awesome
I went there today. I walked through that arch and I kept walking. Went through an official building and showed them my passport card and answered some questions. Ok ok I guess at that point i left the park properly.
Another great video JC!