Lansdowne Brewery (Nanaimo)
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada · Est. 1885
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Thirty-two years of brewing, then four more years of paperwork. SFU dates the Lansdowne Brewery 1885 to 1917 — the year British Columbia's prohibition came in — and carries its corporate line through to 1921. That gap is what prohibition actually looks like in a brewery record: the beer stops in 1917, the company goes on existing, and the line finally closes in 1921 as prohibition itself ends.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1885Opens
Nanaimo.
- 1917Brewing stops
British Columbia prohibition.
- 1921Line ends
The corporate line is carried through prohibition to 1921.
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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: 1885, 1917, 1921.
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 Lansdowne Brewery (Nanaimo)
- Is Lansdowne Brewery (Nanaimo) still open?
- No. Lansdowne Brewery (Nanaimo) has closed. BC Pass 57. SFU dates Lansdowne Brewery 1885-1917 and carries its line through Prohibition to 1921.
- When was Lansdowne Brewery (Nanaimo) founded?
- Lansdowne Brewery (Nanaimo) was founded in 1885 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
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