Id check the VACIS threads before trying to catch freight across the border, as for the west coast i donno, Ive been looking into crossing into the states and all of the west coast seems pretty tight, good luck getting through at 0 avenue, they got cameras motion and ground sensors all throughout the ying yang, perhaps if you go in with a group of forgieners and all ya scatter when the fuzz arrives.
as for the small community 'lift gate' crossings, nothing like that exists on the west coast anymore, I assume adonis was speaking of the nelway crossing, while its no champlain crossing with a 300+ security force, theres still a building now thats manned.
one could hypothetically cross through the mountians, but that in itself is no small task, one has to actually get out to the mountians that are near the border, then know how to traverse them without getting lost, were talking a 2week min. voyage here, lots of towns close to the border on the canadian side, not much states side, and if you think people wont be weary of someone hanging around the border highway with a pack on, your fooling yourself, people are dumb, but its usually not in your favour.
its where everyone goes now, for everything, drugs, smuggling etc, the cops are weary of it. same with that reserve attawiskia or w.e its called, you dont think the border police know its a major smuggling point? theyre probably swarming the place, if it seems too easy then it probably is.
from my own research, the east is where its at, specialy quebec/vermont/NY area, lotsa bush, and a few areas where there actually are ungate crossing points. your still ducking through guard towers and shit but once you hit a town you can pretty much blend in, shits not over until your atleast 100miles from the border so dont think youre safe once you cross the line and hit a highway.
in all honesty, i dont know man, lots of places where one could hypothetically make it across, you just gotta try and account for the pros and cons within your abilities, dont think your gonna find a ehow guild for this, the planning and specific route is gonna be on you. Seems your best bet is to literally hover the border on google maps looking for places and when you see one google it, look into it as much as you can, history, past attempts, national parks etc. street view is your best friend altho the states stop street view 200 meters or so from the actual crossing points.
getting into canada for the US is probably a lot easier then it is vice versa, but the border patrol and cbsa also work together, alerting each other if the sensors go off, they can also chase you across the line now and drag your ass back if need be.
if anyone can see holes in my speal, please, poke away.
*edit* oh but by all means, if you make it across feel free to rub it in my face, and more importantly gimmi all the details.