England has its notorious folk (anti) hero, Dick Turrpin, the highwayman. America turns to the James brothers, Billy the Kid and others to celebrate the criminal lure. All were true criminals with a violent history.
Eriksdale and Ashern have their own lawless hero to celebrate, but, in typical Manitoba fashion, there was little risk to the public with escaped convict, Percy Moggey. While he did have violent confrontations with the law, unlike the James brothers or Capone, he never put innocent citizens in harms’s way. Instead, he lived for almost a year in the 1960s, hidden in the bush and only breaking into local businesses infrequently to replenish what food he needed. On a couple of occasions, he even left money behind to pay. https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/moggey_p.shtml
His cabin still stands and has become a drawing card for local tourism. https://www.mennotoba.com/moggeys-mysterious-cabin-by-eriksdale-a-convicts-tale/