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Who owns this brewery?
From the archive
Interior Breweries Ltd. (since 1950)
VERIFIEDYESEvidence BChecked 2026-09-08
- Since
- 1950
- Direct owner
- Interior Breweries Ltd.
How Tally knows
The archive holds a dated, evidenced ownership event for Fernie-Fort Steele Brewing Company — Fernie plant: Fernie-Fort Steele Brewing Company — Fernie plant was acquired by Interior Breweries Ltd. (1950). Each event cites its source, listed below; the current owner is read from the most recent event, and Tally does not restate it as the ultimate parent — that is a separate question.
Evidence
1 source
- Fernie Museum — The Roots of Brewing in Fernie (accessed 2026-08-23) Proves: Fort Steele Brewing founded 1898, moved headquarters/new plant to Fernie in 1900; lager/porter, equipment, water and ingredient details.
The chain
- 1950Interior Breweries Ltd.acquired_by — Resolves held claim HOC-0032 ("ACQUIRED OWNER"). Interior Breweries purchased the Fernie operation in 1950 and closed the Fernie and Nelson plants in favour of a new Creston operation in 1956 — ending a brewery that began at Fort Steele in 1898 and relocated to Fernie in 1900.
Connections
- Fernie-Fort Steele Brewing Company — Fernie plantowned byInterior Breweries Ltd.
- Fernie-Fort Steele Brewing Company — Fernie plantacquired byInterior Breweries Ltd.
What we still don’t know
No open research gaps recorded for this answer.