Lower Fort Garry HBC Brewery
Lower Fort Garry, Canada · Est. 1840
From the record
What we have established
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]
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Hudson's Bay Companyuntil 1880
Current 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.
- 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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