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Liquor police operations in the 1920s and 1930s.

Map of Quebec showing where liquor police operations took place in the years 1920-1930

Sûreté du Québec.

The trend of smuggling was growing in the big cities, but even more so in border areas like Témiscouata. This region borders the State of Maine, which adopted the Maine Prohibition Act in 1851, and New Brunswick, where prohibitive measures were in place from 1917. It therefore became a particularly attractive place for smugglers.