Archive record · Brewery
Port Arthur Beverage Company Limited
Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- 1960
- Archive ID
- TB-YCP1JCKM
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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From the record
Summary
Status: CLOSED / CONSOLIDATED 1960 IDENTITY; SITE CONTINUED. Address: 154 North Algoma Street, Port Arthur, ON. Federal 1932 brewing-industry roster confirms Port Arthur Beverage Company Limited at 154 North Algoma Street. Pass 117 adds direct Thomas Fisher labels for Wolf's Head Stout and Harvest Ale (catalogued c.1924–1962) plus Thunder Bay Museum object 984.53.184B showing Port Arthur Beverage bottle-filling machinery. These strengthen product/material-culture evidence but do not by themselves establish an earlier corporate start or the legal succession from Superior Brewing. The 1867/1876 predecessor conflict remains held. [Canada Pass 123]
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Acquired by Doran / Mackey / Fee northern brewing interests1948 – 1960
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Scholarly regional history dates acquisition to 1948; exact legal closing/share structure remains UNKNOWN. Source: https://nmu.edu/upperpeninsulastudies/sites/upperpeninsulastudies/files/2021-11/Upper_Country_Vol_2_2014_FINAL_DRAFT.pdf
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Events
- Scholarly regional history dates Doran group's acquisition of Port Arthur Beverage Company to 1948.1948
Reported 1876 plant origin remains HELD.
The Beer Library
Beers
Wolf's Head Stout
RetiredStout
(HISTORICAL / RETIRED) [Canada Pass 123]
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