Deceptive Ladies: The Hidden World of Canadian Border Smuggling

In the sweltering summer of 1899, a peculiar phenomenon emerged along the Canadian border. Gone were the days of brazen smuggling operations, where long, low-slung vessels would smuggle contraband across the coast. Instead, a more cunning and discreet form of smuggling had taken hold, one that relied on the innocent-looking trunks of transatlantic steamships.