Bonjour, One word about doctors and prescriptions in Canada. It is possible for a Canadian doctor to call in any pharmacy in Canada to give a prescription by telephone or fax. My brother in law is a doctor in Quebec City and he sends the prescription to my local pharmacy if ever I get sick. It even worked with US pharmacies in New York and Vermont, when I was on Lake Champlain with a bad pneumony. I believe US doctors could probably fax prescriptions to a Canadian doctor, and he would call the pharmacy near to your location, as long as we are talking of "soft" prescriptions. If any useful, I probably can help to provide some doctors names, phone numbers and fax in Montreal, Quebec City and near by Lake Champlain. Bernard Veyron Noirmoutier Montreal, Canada From: baumgart@starrstuff.com > Subject: TWL: prescription drugs while cruising? > To: trawler-world-list@samurai.com > Anyone got a good idea for obtaining prescription medicines while > cruising > the Great Lakes, Trent-Severn (Canada) and ICW south to Florida? My > doctor > will write me a whole pad of prescriptions and not date them (I can > do that > when I need to get them filled) but he says they will not be honored > in > Canada.

From: baumgart@starrstuff.com Subject: TWL: prescription drugs while cruising? To: trawler-world-list@samurai.com Anyone got a good idea for obtaining prescription medicines while cruising the Great Lakes, Trent-Severn (Canada) and ICW south to Florida? My doctor will write me a whole pad of prescriptions and not date them (I can do that when I need to get them filled) but he says they will not be honored in Canada. Your doctor is correct. I checked with my parmacist in Toronto, Canada and he says by law they can only fill prescriptions written by Ontario physicians. My recommendation is to carry enough medication for the duration of the trip, that's what I do. Just make sure you leave all medication in the containers with your name and the name of the medication. Heard about some eager custom-types confiscating anything in unmarked bottles. If you run into an emergency situation, visit a Canadian doctor or hospital, pay cash and try getting reimbursed from your insurance agency when you return. Another alternative is to have special travel coverage by Blue Cross, Autoclub etc. Further: Except on the Trent-Severn and northern lakes, you are never very far from a U.S. port, where you can get your U.S. prescription filled. From where I am - Pickering, Ont. - to Wilson Harbour, N.Y. it's a scant 30 miles by boat and a pleasant day-trip at that across Lake Ontario. I know, because I/we like to go there and visit their well-stocked package store. ;-) Hope you have a pleasant journey this summer and perhaps we'll run into each other on Lake Ontario. George of Scaramouche, Hullmaster 27, Sloop, at East Shore Marina, Pickering, Ontario.

I hope he doesn't mean "run in to each other " literally Ted Brustowicz