Archive record · Brewery
Fort Steele Brewing Company — original Fort Steele site
Fort Steele, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 1898
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-6T093219
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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From the record
Summary
Physical-site lineage is separated from the 1900 Fernie plant. SFU combines the broader business lineage under BRW-104, but museum/federal heritage evidence explicitly documents the relocation. Legal entity: Fort Steele Brewing Company. Production evidence: Historical production — established at Fort Steele before the business moved production/headquarters to Fernie. Historical founders Owner as recorded: Fritz Sick; Albert Mutz — founders. Status as recorded: Closed / relocated.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Fritz Sick; Albert Mutz1898 – 1900
What the sources say
Federal heritage source identifies original founders before relocation.
- Founded by Fritz Sick1898 – 1900
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Federal heritage source identifies original founders before relocation. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1271
- Founded by Albert Mutz1898 – 1900
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Federal heritage source identifies original founders before relocation. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1271
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1898Scott and Mutz at Fort Steele
"The Fort Steele Brewing Company was first established at Fort Steele in 1898" by George Scott and Albert Mutz; in 1900 they "erected their large plant in Fernie just across Coal Creek" and the operation continues on that record. The Fort Steele Heritage Town's brewery-style entrance building is reported to be a modern building modelled on it, not the original — unconfirmed.
The People
Behind the beer
Travel Guide
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Straight answers
Common questions about Fort Steele Brewing Company — original Fort Steele site
- Is Fort Steele Brewing Company — original Fort Steele site still open?
- No. Fort Steele Brewing Company — original Fort Steele site has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Physical-site lineage is separated from the 1900 Fernie plant. SFU combines the broader business lineage under BRW-104, but museum/federal heritage evidence explicitly documents the relocation. Legal entity: Fort Steele Brewing Company. Production evidence: Historical production — established at Fort Steele before the business moved production/headquarters to Fernie. Historical founders Owner as recorded: Fritz Sick; Albert Mutz — founders. Status as recorded: Closed / relocated.
- When was Fort Steele Brewing Company — original Fort Steele site founded?
- Fort Steele Brewing Company — original Fort Steele site was founded in 1898 in Fort Steele, Canada.
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