Archive record · Brewery
Lower Fort Garry HBC Brewery
Lower Fort Garry, Manitoba, Canada
- Founded
- 1840
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-JC85TQKM
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Status: CLOSED. Ownership as recorded: Company-operated historical brewery. Address: Lower Fort Garry, Red River Settlement, Manitoba. HBC brewing at Lower Fort Garry formed part of the Red River beer economy before industrial Winnipeg brewing. MHS records an expanded brewery and malt house in the 1840s and demolition of the brew house in April 1880. [Canada Pass 110] PROBABLE DUPLICATE 2026-09-24: one Company brewery at Lower Fort Garry, held four times; the sourced record is hudson-s-bay-company-lower-fort-garry-brewery (TB-WYMQZ31G), 1845/1847 to 1868/1880 by the two Manitoba History articles. Not merged here.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Hudson's Bay Companyuntil 1880
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
MHS documents HBC brewery operations at Lower Fort Garry and demolition in 1880. Source: SRC-CA-1800
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Straight answers
Common questions about Lower Fort Garry HBC Brewery
- Is Lower Fort Garry HBC Brewery still open?
- No. Lower Fort Garry HBC Brewery has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Status: CLOSED. Ownership as recorded: Company-operated historical brewery. Address: Lower Fort Garry, Red River Settlement, Manitoba. HBC brewing at Lower Fort Garry formed part of the Red River beer economy before industrial Winnipeg brewing. MHS records an expanded brewery and malt house in the 1840s and demolition of the brew house in April 1880. [Canada Pass 110] PROBABLE DUPLICATE 2026-09-24: one Company brewery at Lower Fort Garry, held four times; the sourced record is hudson-s-bay-company-lower-fort-garry-brewery (TB-WYMQZ31G), 1845/1847 to 1868/1880 by the two Manitoba History articles. Not merged here.
- When was Lower Fort Garry HBC Brewery founded?
- Lower Fort Garry HBC Brewery was founded in 1840 in Lower Fort Garry, Canada.
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