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Had two negative experiences at the same place. Some agents are outwardly hostile. There was no provocation.

• dehugger 3y ago
  I live in the aforementioned city. Lots of locals have similar stories, people that cross quite regularly. No idea why BP are such pricks. Their Canadian counter parts are reportedly quite lovely.
  • iggldiggl 3y ago
    Reminds me of that trip report of a road trip through Canada I stumbled across a while ago (start here if you have some time to spare for some reading: https://mrgris.com/travel/blog/labrador/ https://mrgris.com/travel/blog/labrador/), which also included a visit to Estcourt (https://mrgris.com/travel/blog/labrador/3/ https://mrgris.com/travel/blog/labrador/3/), which has one of those slightly unusual border situations with most of the village in Canada and only a couple of houses in the US (and then nothing but miles and miles of forest until the rest of Maine – so the border post only serves the logging traffic and those few houses). The US border guards at that occasion where highly suspicious and questioned them for three quarters of an hour, whereas the Canadian official was indeed quite lovely and commented about his US colleagues that "ah yes, they have a… different frame of mind."
    • bruceb 3y ago
      The jerk level of Canadian immigration officers is generally a lot lower for sure. I checked out your blog. I don't know much about that area of USA or Canada, was worth my time, thanks.
      • iggldiggl 3y ago
        Although to be fair I personally did do a slightly – though probably not highly – unusual method of entering the US one time, too (walking across the Rainbow Bridge at Niagra Falls with the intention of catching a bus onwards to Buffalo and then taking a flight to Washington from there), and the US border staff on that occasion were quite reasonable. So from personable experience I can't actually complain too much, but yeah, it seems to be easier to find that kind of stories involving the US rather than Canada…