Rum-Runners

RUM-RUNNERS were smugglers who carried liquor illegally from BC into the US by boat during American Prohibition from 1920 to 1933. The consumption, manufacture, sale or importation of liquor was illegal in the US during this period, creating a huge demand for alcohol from outside the country. Starting from VICTORIA or the GULF ISLANDS, rum-runners crossed under cover of darkness to secluded harbours in Puget Sound, along the coast of the Olympic Peninsula or near the mouth of the COLUMBIA R,...

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