![]() The island warehouses were supplied with West Indies rum, French Champagne, British gin and Canadian Whiskey, all waiting for the rum runners to distribute their precious load. The liquor was imported from Europe, the Caribbean and Canada. Pierre and Miquelon were French owned islands off the southwest coast of Newfoundland coast and that was where most of the liquor was shipped from, especially whisky. The south shore of Nova Scotia has hundreds of islands off shore which made it a perfect place for the rum-runners because they could hide their boats and liquor in one of their many coves. In 1925 large cargos of contraband liquor landed at the North West Arm and the Bedford Basin, where rum runner headquarters were established. ![]() The liquor came to these ports and left there by boat, sea plane, automobile, trucks, horse and wagon or by rail, where it was shipped as cargoes of fish or lumber. For years Nova Scotia was the centre for liquor traffic Halifax, Lunenburg and Yarmouth were the three large ports in mainland Nova Scotia during the rum running era. In the 1920s fishermen from the Maritime Provinces could no longer make a living fishing due to over-supply and poor prices, so most took their vessels and became involved in the rum-running trade to support their families. Both Canada and the United States individually declared war on the rum runners during the 1920s but the “Demon Rum” won the battle in the end. In the United States, the Volstead Act went into effect in January 1920 and placed a ban on the manufacture, sale and transportation of all intoxicating beverages. In December 1919, the Canadian Federal Government repealed its war-time plans and strong alcohol beverages could again move along the trade routes across provincial boundaries. A doctor’s note was the only exception to the law, than liquor could be purchased at a pharmacy for Quebec repealed Prohibition in 1919 and British Columbia in 1921. Quebec and British Columbia were the first to abandon Prohibition preferring to regulate and have the government control liquor sales. In March 1918 the government of Canada introduced legislation ending legal importation of liquor, manufacturing it, and transporting it to any area of the country where its sale was illegal.Īll provinces of Canada, the Yukon and the Dominion of Newfoundland (they didn’t join confederation until 1949) passed prohibition laws on alcoholic beverages. During World War 1 (1914-1918) liquor beverages could be legally produced in Canada (but not sold there) and legally exported out of Canadian ports. Halifax didn’t come under the Act until 1916. In 1910 the Nova Scotia Temperance Act was passed, it enforced Prohibition over all of Nova Scotia except the City of Halifax. Although parts were cool, it was not cold.Prince Edward Island established prohibition in 1901. We visited on a very cold, snowy, windy day and I was worried about dressing warmly enough, expecting we would be traipsing outside, but once you are in the gift shop building, the stable and riding arena are connected by hallways and completely indoors. Once we were on the tour, it was great! We were also able to watch the riders exercising the horses & practicing some of their moves from an observation area above the riding arena. We arrived at 10:45 & waited 45 minutes for the receptionist to find someone to take us and another party on a tour. I phoned ahead to confirm and was told that there would be tours on the hour. The web page says they are open for tours on Tues & Thurs from 10 AM - 1 PM in winter. When you enter the grounds, the building you are looking for is the 1st or 2nd building on the right. Laurent exit from Hwy 417 & follow it to the very end. Laurent, so if you don't mind traffic lights, you could take the St. Once we were on the grounds, we still had difficulty spotting the building which contains the store and museum and had to ask a pedestrian. When we realized we had gone past it, we turned around and did see a sign at the turn off when we were travelling east. There were signs on Aviation Parkway, but we didn't see one going west on George Etienne Cartier Parkway, so either we missed it or perhaps it has come down. We followed the directions given on the link to Google Maps on the Musical Ride web page. ![]() Since we don't know the city, we had difficulty finding the location.
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