Archive record · Brewery
Le Roi Brewery
Rossland, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 1897
- Closed
- 1917
- Archive ID
- TB-60BVX3ZJ
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Rossland Museum identifies Le Roi Brewing Company as Rossland's longest-running brewery, opened in 1897 by Hugh Henderson and William Allen on Le Roi Avenue. It produced Gold Seal Lager and Famous Perfection Beer and closed in October 1917 with Prohibition.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Rossland's longest-running brewery, opened in 1897 by Hugh Henderson and William Allen on Le Roi Avenue — and the only one in this town whose beers are named: Gold Seal Lager and Famous Perfection Beer. The Rossland Museum records it closing in October 1917, the month British Columbia prohibition arrived. Twenty years, and it was the law that ended it rather than the market or the mines.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1897Hugh Henderson and William Allen open on Le Roi Avenue
Brewing Gold Seal Lager and Famous Perfection Beer.
- 1900Gold Seal Lager and Famous Perfection Beer
"Rossland's longest-running brewery", on Le Roi Avenue west of Spokane Street, "producing their well-known 'Gold Seal Lager' and 'Famous Perfection Beer'" until prohibition closed it in October 1917 (Rossland Museum).
- 1917Closed with Prohibition
October 1917, per the Rossland Museum.
The Beer Library
Beers
Famous Perfection Beer
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://www.rosslandmuseum.ca/vices-alcohol 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 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19 - historyProbable
Continuity dates as recorded in BC Pass 57: 1897, 1917.
Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim 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.
Straight answers
Common questions about Le Roi Brewery
- Is Le Roi Brewery still open?
- No. Le Roi Brewery has closed (1917). Rossland Museum identifies Le Roi Brewing Company as Rossland's longest-running brewery, opened in 1897 by Hugh Henderson and William Allen on Le Roi Avenue. It produced Gold Seal Lager and Famous Perfection Beer and closed in October 1917 with Prohibition.
- When was Le Roi Brewery founded?
- Le Roi Brewery was founded in 1897 in Rossland, Canada.
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