# Canadians help stranded military family drive to Alaska **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-help-stranded-military-family-drive-to-alaska/927525 "2020-12-08T00:59:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-help-stranded-military-family-drive-to-alaska/927525/1 "2020-12-08T00:59:58Z")
Covid restrictions make it very difficult for people to enter and drive through Canada to Alaska. This lady and her kids trip (to meet her husband stationed in Alaska) was delayed waiting for the necessary paperwork from Canada. The family was given only 5 days to make the drive through Canada and enter Alaska. A winter white out made driving nearly impossible for someone inexperienced in driving in snow. The car didn’t even have snow tires. Many Canadians went out of their way to help. A tire store owner opened up on a Sunday and personally put snow tires on the car. Social media was used to find a experienced driver. A Ranger in the Canadian military volunteered to make the 1,000 mile drive. I’m so impressed how the Canadian people opened their hearts to this military family. > **[Canadian ranger drives stranded family 1,000 miles to Alaska border](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9026807/Canadian-ranger-drives-stranded-American-family-1-000-miles-Alaska-border.html)** > > A Canadian man drove an American family more than 1,000 miles through a snowstorm last month after they became stranded on their way to Alaska. CNN article is shorter and missing details. [https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/us/ranger-rescues-stranded-family-trnd/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/us/ranger-rescues-stranded-family-trnd/index.html) > [@](#): > > It all started because Lynn Marchessault, her 13-year-old son Payton, 10-year-old daughter Rebecca and the family pets needed to get from Georgia to Alaska. Marchessault’s husband, a staff sergeant in the US Army, is stationed at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks. > > Marchessault told CNN that the first 3,000 miles of the trip went well as they traveled in a new 4x4 truck that could handle Alaska winters while pulling a U-Haul packed with their belongings. > > Once they entered Canada through the province of Saskatchewan, border authorities warned Marchessault to stop only when necessary and told them they had five days to get to the US border in Alaska. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-help-stranded-military-family-drive-to-alaska/927525/2 "2020-12-08T21:29:42Z")
way to go Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-help-stranded-military-family-drive-to-alaska/927525/3 "2020-12-08T22:08:34Z")
Hey, that’s awesome! ~Max ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-help-stranded-military-family-drive-to-alaska/927525/4 "2020-12-08T23:36:41Z")
Why I love Canada right there. I would immigrate but I think it is too late for me. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-help-stranded-military-family-drive-to-alaska/927525/5 "2020-12-09T01:10:09Z")
❤ 🍁