Whiskey Harbor: Michigan's Upper Thumb During Prohibition

During Michigan Prohibition, the Thumb's Whiskey Harbor was a remote smuggling site for Canadian liquor. Today it’s a beautiful shoreline nature preserve. Starting in 1919 during prohibition, with the supply of liquor gone, bootleggers turned to Canada, which had favorable liquor laws. The notorious Purple and Sugar House Gangs began trafficking bootlegged liquor from Canada and into Michigan via the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, and even the shoreline of the Thumb. The area now denoted as Whiskey Harbor is a picturesque rocky shoreline with mudflats and low-lying marshy areas inland. It was owned by the Kernan family since 1902 and thought to be used primarily for cattle grazing. Interested in learning more? Please visit us on our webpage: https://thumbwind.com See more of this stuff? Please subscribe to our channel! 👉 https://youtube.com/c/Thumbwind RELATED VIDEOS 🎥 The Forgotten Storm - 1913 Great Lakes Hurricane: https://youtu.be/7f9IlQnOG2k 🎥 Michigan’s Saginaw Trail: https://youtu.be/-hkpE5iwDHU 🎥 History of Pointe Aux Barques https: //youtu.be/cWDAUf2QMNQ 🎥 M-25 Michigan Fall Color Tour:https://youtu.be/nPKTmFPTTRY 🎥 1881 Michigan Fire - A pictorial: https://youtu.be/bVV8TdcUB-k If you like what Thumbwind Publications is doing you can help us grow. 1 - Subscribe to Thumbwind’s YouTube channel: 👉 https://youtube.com/c/Thumbwind