Posted for "George/Shirley Shattuck" <kloop@plantationcable.net>:

Howard,

I have made several trips to Kenora, Canada, northwest of International
Falls, to go Walleye fishing.

Issues:  There really are no issues to be concerned about.
Process:  Obtain a "CANPASS" to stick on the side of your airplane.  It is
$25.00 and good for all of 2004.  For questions about that and to obtain an
application, call or E-mail: (317)298-1200 or Decals@customs.treas.gov .
You can snailmail to:

Customs and Border Protection
Decal Program Administrator
P. O. Box 382030
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-8030

You must, repeat, MUST, file a flight plan for a border crossing.  When you
arrive at your Canadian destination you call a phone number (you will get it
with your CANPASS stuff) to tell them that you have arrived and your time of
arrival.  They like that to be reasonably close to your estimated time of
arrival.  That's it.

If you do not have a CANPASS, if you do not file a flight plan, if you are
bunches of time off of your filed arrival time, you will have issues to deal
with.

Returning to the good old USA you file, call ahead to arrange customs, and
clear customs at a port of entry airport.

Go to the web site provided by Scott Krueger, i.e. AOPA.  The more
information you get, the more comfortable you will be.  Insurance should not
be a problem, and there are no passport requirements.  I have never even
brought it along.  Those folks up there are our friends, and the Walleye
fishing is the greatest (Haley's Camps).

George Shattuck
N320GS