Archive record · Brewery
Longwood Brewery on Boxwood Road
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2012
- Archive ID
- TB-JT1FC77P
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
From the record
Summary
Separate Longwood production brewery facility; current Ale Trail lists winter reopening March 25.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Harley Smith2012
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
BC Ale Trail identifies Harley Smith as owner/brewmaster of Longwood Brewery. Current first-party site separately confirms the Longwood operation remains locally owned; exact 2026 share structure is not published.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 101A – 2046 Boxwood Rd, Nanaimo, BC V9S 5W7Nanaimo, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Longwood Brewery on Boxwood Road
Site detail
Separate Longwood production brewery facility; current Ale Trail lists winter reopening March 25.
The People
Behind the beer
BC Ale Trail identifies Harley Smith as owner/brewmaster; also founded Longwood Brewpub in 1999.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://bcaletrail.ca/breweries/longwood-brewery-on-boxwood-road/ 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
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