Archive record · Brewery
Lion Brewing Company — Rossland
Rossland, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 1897
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-VA9ZXRQE
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Absorbed Yuengling Brewery in Trail in 1899 and merged with Rossland Columbia Brewery in 1900. Legal entity: Lion Brewing Company. Production evidence: Historical production — museum documents 1897–1907. Historical owner Owner as recorded: Louis Blue. Status as recorded: CLOSED. PROBABLE DUPLICATE 2026-09-24: Louis Blue's Lion Brewing Company of 1897 — the sourced record is lion-brewing-rossland-historical (TB-9JSWNSHS). Not merged here.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Succeeded by Columbia Brewery — Rossland1900
What the sources say
Rossland Museum documents merger.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
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Common questions about Lion Brewing Company — Rossland
- Is Lion Brewing Company — Rossland still open?
- No. Lion Brewing Company — Rossland has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Absorbed Yuengling Brewery in Trail in 1899 and merged with Rossland Columbia Brewery in 1900. Legal entity: Lion Brewing Company. Production evidence: Historical production — museum documents 1897–1907. Historical owner Owner as recorded: Louis Blue. Status as recorded: CLOSED. PROBABLE DUPLICATE 2026-09-24: Louis Blue's Lion Brewing Company of 1897 — the sourced record is lion-brewing-rossland-historical (TB-9JSWNSHS). Not merged here.
- When was Lion Brewing Company — Rossland founded?
- Lion Brewing Company — Rossland was founded in 1897 in Rossland, Canada.
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