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Imperial Brewery (Nelson)

Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Closed · 1902Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1901
Closed
1902
Archive ID
TB-N9QSD8ZK
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From the record

Summary

SFU timeline dates Imperial Brewery in Nelson 1901-1902; distinct from Imperial Brewing Co. In Kamloops.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Tally’s Take

One year. SFU's timeline dates the Imperial Brewery in Nelson to 1901–1902 and that is the whole of it. It needs keeping distinct from the Imperial Brewing Co. Of Kamloops — a different business in a different BC city — and from the Imperial Brewery in Montréal, which this archive also holds. Three Imperials, no connection between any of them, and a name generic enough to guarantee somebody eventually merges two of them by mistake.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1901
    Opens

    Distinct from Imperial Brewing Co., Kamloops, and Imperial Brewery, Montréal.

  2. 1902
    Closed

    One year.

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Show your working

Sources

  1. 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

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19
  2. historyProbable

    Continuity dates as recorded in BC Pass 57: 1901, 1902.

    Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 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.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Imperial Brewery (Nelson)

Is Imperial Brewery (Nelson) still open?
No. Imperial Brewery (Nelson) has closed (1902). SFU timeline dates Imperial Brewery in Nelson 1901-1902; distinct from Imperial Brewing Co. In Kamloops.
When was Imperial Brewery (Nelson) founded?
Imperial Brewery (Nelson) was founded in 1901 in Nelson, Canada.
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