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RUMRUNNER
Book tells fascinating B.C. tale
PROHIBITION. What images this single word brings to *

mind: flashing flappers dancing with abandon, smoke-filled
speakeasies, bathtub gin and rotgut whiskey with a pedigree

marked in days, not years.
And then there was the sinister
side: federal agents enforcing the

- Volkstead Act, battling an ad hoc

army of amateur and ‘profes-
sional’ bootleggers vying for a
piece of the lucrative, illegal booze
market; convoys of blacked-out,
muffled trucks guarded by
machine gun-toting gangsters; vio-

“ent warfare conducted in back

streets, hidden warehouses and oc-
casionally garages.

The Prohibition era arguably
created the financial base that
firmly entrenched organized crime
in North American society and

“ created an entirely new mythology

peopled by the likes of Elliot Ness ;
and Al Capone.

But while criminal — and law
enforcement — empires were being

_ Spawned in:the steamy environ-
ment of American Prohibition, -
: thousands of Canadians were reap-
ing their, own bonanza.’Along the.
~~ entire! border between our two.
_ countries,’ stretching from the’: 7
_Atlantic to the Pacific, rumrunners “
; ‘lied, their clandestine trade.

. America’s illicit thirst. was large-

dy, slaked with Canadian liquor...
“ smuggled by.car, truck and boat i
;facross the line’.

Given the. hature of the coast it’s

le in ‘ith They risked'im-

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Guard cutters in the dead of night.
But just who were these coura-

_geous (or foolhardy) people who

might be viewed as either en-
trepreneurs or criminals? Few have
been publicly named although
more than one B.C. family fortune
was built on Prohibition profits;
now a new book from Orca
Publishers has lifted the veil of
secrecy from the activities of one
of this province’ 's most successful ..
smugglers in Rumrunner — The
Life and Times of Johnny Schnarr.

MIKE’

STEELE

book reviewer

Now 93, ‘Schnarr recalled his - :

. “adventures during Prohibition for:
_ his niece, Marion Parker, and her’
-co-author of Rumrunuer, Robert’. 7

Tyrell (the latter.also the head of

Orca Book Publishers)... i

: While there are some ag-
gravating gaps in this book, the!

, Story is a fascinating one that pro- ,
‘vides a glimpse into the deadly. yet "
. sometimes humorous world of ;;

“ Canada’s other ‘navy,’:the. infor-

“ mal fleet of boats that floated on a ;
: high-proof’ tide of bootlegged |
“booze.

-» Schnarr Was reputedly one of the
most successful of the B.C. |,

“rumrunners, designing and

building a succession of high-speed
craft to keep one step ahead of the.
competition — and jail. He made,

., over 400 runs down the western *,

seaboard, hiding out in secluded
bays until nightfall i in anticipation
of a fast trip to American rendez- .

vous points.

Sometimes the deals went off
without a hitch. Other times he:

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— RUMRUNNER

a BAC e +e at

‘THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHNNY THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHNNY SCHNARR)

and his crew were lucky just to
make it back alive. On more than
one occasion it was a matter of
sneaking irito Victoria harbor and
patching-up bullet holes stitched
with Coast Guard machine guns
before first light and the prying
eyes of Canadian police and :
Customs officers. —

. Not that the authorities were the
only ones to fear: hijackers lurked
in the Gulf Islands and offshore,

“waiting for the chance to pounce

on some hapless, underpowered ‘.

_ craft, Boats would be found adrift,

crewless, cargoless and blood-
smeared, graphic testimony to the
price paid by some of the less-
Jucky rumrunners.

Storms, fog, engine breakdowns
and Prohibition agents exacted
their toll on B.C. smugglers but
Schnarr. usually came through
unscathed.”

Of course, there was the time
when a herd of farmers relieved
shipwrecked Johnny and his mate

of their whiskey and the times when,

contacts failed to materialize at
predesignated drop-off points for-
cing Schnarr to sweat out the
daylight hours in American coves,
but by and large Schnarr fared
well, building a shore-front home
on Vancouver Istand’s Oak Bay...
with his undeclared profits.
Rumrunner is a pretty fair story
despite some obvious flaws. Chief
among these is the disjointed fash-
ion in-which the tales were told,
leaving this reviewer Jonging for -
some sense of continuity or. at least
chronology. There is very little -

"sense of direction to Rumrunner -
. for this reason and this detracts

See: Rumrunner:
Page 22.

& Welch, North Van. *

21 - Friday, July 1, 1988 ~ North Shore News

Bright brunch spots

From page 20
p.m., a crash course in brun-
chingtons will provide a good
change of digestive pace.
Though Table Hopping staff
have not had the pleasure of

sampling the mid-morning spreads ~

offered at all of the following,
word of slavering mouth and
assessment of other meals at these
spots make it safe, in my mind, to
recommend what are some of the
more interesting brunch spots on
the North Shore.

“Ambleside Inn, 1495 Marine Drive, WV,
922-0101; Anchor inn, 1653 Columbia, NV,
980-9508; The Bridge "House, 3650 Capilano
Road, NV, 987-3388; The Cactus Club Cafe,

Foot of

Lonsdale
Avenue :
North Vancouver ao

Sup OF THE ae

outside on the Market’s South Plaza

July 3rd @ 1:00 p.m.

1598 Pemberton, NV, 986-5776; The Canyon
Gardens, 3381 Capitano Road, 988-4101;
Capers, 2496 Marine Drive, . WY, 925. 3316:
The Dutch Fannekock House, 1633 Capilana
Road, NV, 985-0328
Marine Drive, NV, 984-4341; The Grouse
Nest, 6400 Nancy Greene Way, NV, 986.
6378; The Horseshoe Bay Boathouse, 669
Nelson Avenue, WV, 921-8188; Mr, Mun-
chies, 180 West Esplanade, NV, 980-2405;
The Noble House (Dem Sum), 1301 Lons-
dale, NV 987-8812; The Nutshell, 4402
Gallant, NV, 929-1721; Park Royal Hotel,
549 Clyde, wy, 926-5511: PJ's Allstar Cafe,
700 Marine, NV, 980-0316; The Restaurant
from the Saskatchewan Pavilion, 1010 South
Park Reyal, WV, 922-1123; The Salmon
House on the Hill, 2229 Folkestone Way,
WV, 92653212; The Sundowner Restaurant,
34 Sunset’ Beach, WV, 921-8161; The Swan’
2427 Marine Drive, wy, 922-7926; The 22nd
Street Cafe, 2220 Mazine Drive, WV, 922.

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