Barkerville Brewery lineage
Barkerville, British Columbia, Canada · Est. 1864
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Beer in a Cariboo Gold Rush town. SFU's continuity row begins in 1864 and culminates in the Barkerville Brewery, running from 1866 to 1880 — sixteen years in a settlement that existed because of gold and largely emptied once it ran out. Barkerville is a preserved historic town today, which makes this one of the very few breweries in this archive whose ground you can still walk as it was.
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Timeline
- 1864Continuity row begins
Barkerville, at the height of the Cariboo Gold Rush.
- 1866Barkerville Brewery
The name the lineage culminates in.
- 1880Closed
Sixteen years.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://www.sfu.ca/archives/archives-program/research/bc-beer-history-archive/bc-beer-history-archive-resources/timeline-pre-prohibition.html for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
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Continuity dates as recorded in BC Pass 57: 1864, 1866, 1880.
Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Barkerville Brewery lineage
- Is Barkerville Brewery lineage still open?
- No. Barkerville Brewery lineage has closed. BC Pass 57. SFU continuity row begins in 1864 and culminates in Barkerville Brewery (1866-1880), embedding brewing in the Cariboo Gold Rush town.
- When was Barkerville Brewery lineage founded?
- Barkerville Brewery lineage was founded in 1864 in Barkerville, British Columbia, Canada.
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