Peter Aylen & The Shiners' War

Описание: The early days of Canada's future capital were plagued with violence and anarchy. One group in particular, the Shiners, wreaked havoc on its citizens. Bytown was a lawless place and the Shiners ran the town.

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Created and narrated by:
Kevin Ballantyne
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https://www.kballantyne.ca/

Sources:
1. The Historical Society of Ottawa. "The Shiners' War". https://www.historicalsocietyottawa.c...
2. Cotton, Larry D. Whiskey and wickedness. No. 1, Rideau River Valley of Carleton, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville Counties. Lanark, ON: Larry D. Cotton Associates, 2007. Accessed from https://archive.org/details/whiskeywi...
3. WHC-CPO Workers' Heritage Center - Centre Patrimoine Ouvrier. "The Shiners' War". http://whc-cpo.ca/shinerswar_e.html
4. Schneider, Stephen. Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada. John Wiley & Sons, 2009. Accessed at https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZO8j...

Image Sources:
1. Library & Archives Canada
2. Wikimedia Commons
3. A Brief History of Bytown - Run Ottawa, https://www.runottawa.ca/a-brief-hist...
4. Image: Bytown in 1853, https://kids.kiddle.co/Image:Bytown_i...
5. https://heritagepassages.ca/recherche...