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Prohibition

Date: Jan.-March 1989
Creator: Nicole Lang
Source: Revue de la Société historique du Madawaska
Collaborator(s): Mr. Martin N. Turgeon

Description: Smugglers transported alcohol illegally through the Saint John River or even using the International Bridge, crossing in front of custom officers. This happened towards the end of First World War and lasted up to the 1930s.

Subject: New Brunswick, History, Madawaska County