Saga of the Arbutus Tug and Rumrunning
On November 17, 1920, 45-year-old Captain George Stitt sailed the 63-foot Canadian tug Arbutus out of Port Arthur (present-day Thunder Bay) and headed across Lake Superior to Houghton, Michigan. Stashed in her coalbunkers were 22 cases of Scotch whiskey and 48 cases of rye. The Arbutus, built in 1887 and after years of......