
A Toast to West Coast Rum Running
Between the sea and the shore, rum- running vessels scattered the west coast of Canada in the early 1900s. They left their mark on history through their involvement in the American Prohibition (1920-1933) and the Canadian War Measures Act (1914), both of which involved the illegalization of alcohol. While many Canadian ships were implicated in rum running during these periods, one particularly notable vessel includes the five-masted schooner, The Malahat. Even though alcohol