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Canadians and “bootlegging” whiskey into the thirsty markets in the
United States where Prohibition had taken hold of the country in 1917.
The distribution and sale of illegal alcohol fostered the growth of a huge underground
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“gangsters," the most powerful
of whom was Al Capone. While the ban on alcohol in Canada petered out at the
war’s end, it continued in the United States until 1933, allowing many
Canadians to amass fortunes supplying our southern neighbours with booze. |
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One half mile
Protesting barmen line Yonge Street in Toronto during Prohibition.
John Boyd / Library and Archives Canada / PA-072525 |
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