Entering Canada to Attend Pathfinder 2025

Please prepare everything you and your camper will need to travel to Pathfinder from the U.S. and overseas. Ensure you and your camper have current passports and/or the child's birth certificate for your border crossing days. If you need to secure a permission letter from another parent, please be sure to do so before your travel days. 

Documents & Identification

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Please make sure you and your Camper have proper identification.
For boys entering Canada from the U.S. and overseas, a passport or birth certificate is required.

Adults planning to drop off or pick up a camper at Pathfinder Island need a valid passport. Campers ages 16+ require a passport for road travel from the U.S. for camp. A passport IS required for air travel.​

 

Passports, birth certificates, airline tickets and other documents should be turned over to the Staff member on hand at the earliest opportunity, or hand-delivered to the camp office at Pathfinder by parents dropping off.

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Medications

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All camper medications should be in their original containers, all in one ziploc bag with an identifying label and dosage instructions enclosed. This bag should be given to the Staff member on hand at the earliest opportunity. For example, hand to the bus counselors before departure. This includes over the counter remedies.

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Security at Airports

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To avoid delays and hassles, make sure your Camper packs all objects such as pocket knives, soaps, lotions and shampoo, etc. in his checked baggage and not in a carry-on bag. Have his identification ready to show or give over to the staff member on hand. It is useful to have the camper carry a copy of the camp transport form with him. The transport counselors also have this form.

 

Give your camper the Camp’s phone number, 705.633.5553.
Give the Camp your camper's cell phone number if he carries one.

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Tips for Comfortable Travel

• Have a rain jacket handy on travel day -- in your day pack is best!

• Bring a mask or two in case there is a time a mask may be required during your travels.

• If riding the bus, pack a lunch, snack, and some drinks. The bus has a restroom and does not make a food stop.

• If travelling by air, bring a small sum of cash for food & drink. 

• Remember: Pathfinder staff will be aboard the bus and awaiting airport arrivals in the lobby. As necessary, once your camper is in the care of our staff, we will supervise contact to confirm arrival or check-in for departure.

• Staff will collect electronics, where they will be secured in the camp office until departure. No exceptions.

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Parents sending your campers by coach and airline, you may check with camp to confirm their safe arrival. Parents driving campers please drop off and pick up your boys at the appropriate times. See below.