Earlier today I made a run for the border.
Literally - I ran over Rainbow Bridge at Niagra Falls.
I have now crossed international borders on foot & bike, both driven & as a passenger, flown (commercial airliner), by train & (cruise) ship.
How should I make my next trip?
Please note that I can’t pogo stick & we took a hot-air balloon over the border a couple of times, but it was in the back of the truck, not flying.
Can you zipline across the US/Canada border? You can on the Spain/Portugal one.
I’ve crossed international borders by ferry (France/England and Korea/Japan). It should be possible to cross many borders by swimming.
Also, you don’t mention using underwater tunnels. I’ve done that by car between Canada and the US (at Detroit/Windsor), and by train between France and England (using Eurostar).
Wheelchair, power and manual.
Measure the length of Rainbow Bridge in personal Smoots.
I’ll bet there are places where you can cross the US-Canada border in a canoe.
I was going to say kayak (I’ve crossed several state borders that way, and I’m pretty sure you can do that internationally in the Quetico/Boundary Waters canoe area between MN and ON, among probably other places).
How about by bus?
Or snowshoes/cross-country skis? (Okay, probably not Egypt to Sudan, but Canada-US or Germany-Switzerland, say, could well be possible. I’ve done those across state borders too.)
Is there a difference between a train (or car) above ground vs. underground since the method of transit is the same?
Is there anywhere I could swim thru a tunnel? This would be considered different than regular swimming because of the need for SCUBA equipment.
Oooh, I like power, vs. sail vs. human powered for boats. I was afraid of splitting the hair too many times & getting you could use a Boston Whaler or a Hobie.
As an able bodied individual, I think it inappropriate for me to use a wheelchair, especially a powered one. We’ve had threads here about people using them w/o perceived need in Wally World or their local supermarket.
Thanks all, keep 'em coming!
Shot out of a cannon?
Or, slightly more seriously, how about by parachute? That may actually be doable.
Or a ski lift? I think you can do that in Europe.
Lake Champlain freezes over in the winter (it’s a common spot for ice fishing). If you go to some place like Rouses Point, you’d be able to walk out on the ice and walk across the water to Canada.
At least, you’d be physically able to do this. I don’t know what steps the Border Patrol might take to stop you.
You definitely want to go to Derby Line, Vermont. The town library straddles the border; half of it is in Derby Line, Vermont and the other half is in Stanstead, Quebec. So you can cross the international border without going outdoors.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Quetico Provincial Park include a boundary between the USA and Canada where, thanks to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, Americans and Canadians can use canoe portages on either side of the border without having to bother about the usual customs and immigration paperwork. Note this applies only portaging (canoe, kayak, ski, snowshoe), and not to stopping for lunch or camping.
Prior to his retirement last year, my uncle was stationed as a lighthouse keeper on Seal/Machias Island in the Bay of Fundy for the purpose of asserting Canada’s Sovereignty (our other lighthouses are automated, and he was paid by Foreign Affairs). He said that every year an American would paddle out from Maine in a sea kayak to assert American Sovereignty. They would then have a fish fry.
He’s been on foot but this does raise ideas of modified foot travel. Snow shoes or cross country skies are alternates if there’s snow on the ice or at a land crossing. There’s also snow mobile as a winter option both across ice and by land…
Not winter or ice related there’s some other ground motor vehicle options not explored. A motorcycle or all terrain vehicle are possibilities. By air there’s helicopter or an ultralight.
You could tightrope across Niagara Falls- it’s been awhile since anyone tried it. I believe you can still find barrels, too
Unicycle
Scooter
Skateboard
Crawl
Stilts
Horseback
You can run through Calais and Milltown USA, across the boarder, through Milltown and St. Stephen Canada, and across another border crossing back into Calais, at the USATF and Athletics Canada road race at Homecoming.
Er, um, how about concealed in a car trunk? That’s different!
So far the list is:
zipline,
canoe/kayak/rowboat,
sailboat,
snowshoes/cross-country skis,
stilts
bus,
in a building,
snow mobile,
off-road vehicle,
horseback,
helicopter,
balloon,
private fixed-wing
I’ve gone thru Rouse’s Point a few times, including into US at Rouse’s Point, over US2, up Bay Rd, right on Line Rd to the border crossing back into Canada. Line Rd is a gravel rd that you can cross the country border by crossing over the center of the road. I’ve done this, so I’ve ‘snuck’ into (& out of) the country there.
I think unicycle falls under the bicycle category (human-powered wheeled vehicle)
Scooter/skateboard - probably need to get off of those at customs station; therefore, you’re a pedestrian.
Crawl, you’d need to stand up to be viewed by customs agent; again same as pedestrian + no way I’m crawling into a custom’s station; probably end up in the drunk tank even if stone-cold sober.
Goodfellas style? :eek: No, I think I’ll pass on that one! Even if it’s drive-in movie style, that one’s not legal.
Take the greyhound!
I’ve crossed international borders in buses, cabs and even a rickshaw!