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Star Brewing Company Ltd.

North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Closed · 1937Ownership unknown
Founded
1927
Closed
1937
Archive ID
TB-0BCTK5NE
Last checked
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From the record

Summary

Status: CLOSED. Historical North Battleford brewery. Contemporary 1934 newspaper identifies Fred Wentzler as president/general manager and says he entered that role in 1929. A 1938 Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly journal refers to matters leading to the plant's closing. R.L. Sweet's Breweriana Collection preserves two Star Brewing folders and notes Wentzler ownership 1928-1937. Exact 1927 start remains collector-chronology level rather than registry-level. [Canada Pass 26]

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Ownership & corporate history

  1. Owned by Fred Wentzler1929 – 1934

    Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.

    What the sources say

    R.L. Sweet finding aid notes Wentzler ownership 1928-1937, but Wentzler died in 1934; estate/share succession after death remains unresolved.

Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1927
    Labels 1927-1937

    "Star Brewing Company Limited – North Battleford, Saskatchewan – 1927 – 1937" (label chronology). Fred Wentzler was president and general manager from 1929 (a 1934 newspaper); a 1938 Legislative Assembly journal refers to the plant's closing. A Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan photograph titled 'A fire at the Star Brewing Company building, North Battleford' (undated) is reported in its catalogue and not yet seen. Founders, address and the reason for closing: UNKNOWN.

Surviving objects

1 object catalogued here so far, held by University of Saskatchewan Archives & Special Collections. That is what the archive has recorded, not the extent of what the holder keeps — follow each link for the institution's own finding aid or catalogue. The archive links to each record rather than reproducing its photograph; the images belong to the holding institution and are licensed object by object.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Star Brewing Company Ltd.

Is Star Brewing Company Ltd. still open?
No. Star Brewing Company Ltd. has closed (1937).
When was Star Brewing Company Ltd. founded?
Star Brewing Company Ltd. was founded in 1927 in North Battleford, Canada.

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