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Caption: Marker detail: Queen Hotel Bar, Edmundston, 1905 /
Le bar de l'hôtel Queen, Edmundston, 1905
Additional Description: Many men simply took the Frenchville ferry or walked “across” in Madawaska or Van Buren to get a, legal drink.

Enterprising smugglers distilled their own “hooch” in Saint-Hilaire. Artifacts remain, Saint-Hilaire Historical Society. • • • Pour boire légalement, les hommes n'avaient qu'à prendre le traversier de Frenchville ou traverser le pont à Madawaska ou Van Buren.

Des bootleggers audacieux distillaient leur propre alcool. La Société historique de Saint-Hilaire a plusieurs artefacts en sa possession.
Submitted: April 13, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p516969
File Size: 2.434 Megabytes

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