Crossing into Canada & back - what about on-board water?

All this said I was berated a couple of years ago coming back into Canada because our trailer had "too much American dirt" on it. :S I kid you not ... we had been camping at 4 Mile Creek State Park in NY state in early spring when the ground was still saturated with water and I had such a difficult time getting on to a site towing our trailer with our 2wd drive Avalanche which spent most of it's time spinning it's wheels. :M It took numerous tries, eventually I got on to a site, but a friend with a 4wd Expy had to pull me off. I even gave the trailer a quick rinse at the campground dump station before leaving but apparently this wasn't good enough and it was only because the Cdn border agent decided to be "gracious" that he let me go BUT not before reminding me he had every right to deny me entry into my own country and instead send me back to the US to wash my trailer. Absolutely 100% true story. :R

Crowe wrote:
The ridicule on here is disheartening.

shum02 wrote:
No, it describes the silliness in the question. The planet is covered in water and does not care about silly .gov borders. I drink the same water the guy in Africa does and vise versa.

Shum,

The question is by no means silly.

Anybody that has dealt with US-ICE would know that this is not a silly question from an individual that has not crossed the border as much as we have.

There is no such thing as a silly question in this area. We have been challenged on canned fish that was canned in Alaska and the agent remarked that no foreign fish could be imported at that time. IT WAS FROM ALASKA.....

Matt

Pull off just short of the border and drink it all.

Crowe wrote:
The ridicule on here is disheartening.

No, it describes the silliness in the question. The planet is covered in water and does not care about silly .gov borders. I drink the same water the guy in Africa does and vise versa.

The ridicule on here is disheartening.

You will have to convert your on board water from gallons to Litres in order to cross the border.

Lexx wrote:
Do I need to dump all the 'Merican water before entering Canada?

They gave up on trying to enforce that a few years back......

It was becoming too much of a problem trying to keep the US & Canadian water separate in the Great Lakes, especially in the winter.......

Lynnmor wrote:
Don't forget to swap the air in your tires!

They use nitrogen in Canada.

Don't forget to swap the air in your tires!

A good question. They do not check the tanks.

Watch your produce though. I had all my American tomatoes fresh from my parents garden confiscated upon returning to the USA from a short Canada trip. Lol