IN 1919, THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT WA S PA S S E D , W H I C H P R O H I B I T E D THE TRANSPORTATION AND SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. HOWEVER, THE PROXIMITY OF SARANAC LAKE TO CANADA ALLOWED THE REGION TO BECOME A KEY PLAYER IN THE UNDERGROUND EXCHANGE OF ILLEGAL GOODS.
SPEAKEASIES OPENED AROUND SARANAC LAKE, AND WERE FREQUENTED BY P E O P L E O F A L L WA L K S O F L I F E I N C L U D I N G LOCALS, TOURISTS, TUBERCULOSIS PA T I E N T S A N D G A N G S T E R S .
I N 1 9 2 7, I N T H E M I D S T O F T H I S P R O H I B I T I O N E R A , H O T E L S A R A N A C WA S B U I LT. T O D A Y, T H E G R E AT H A L L B A R I S INSPIRED BY THOSE ROARING TIMES.