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Northern Breweries

Demolished Commercial in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

May 03 2010

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Recent status Demolished
Location # 1507

This "sister brewery" to the one in Sudbury, closed down in 2006, and has been abandoned ever since.

Taken from Wikipedia: "The company was established in Sudbury in 1907 as Sudbury Brewing and Malting Co. by J. J. Doran, a hotelier. It began to expand in 1911, with the purchase of the Soo Falls Brewing Co. in Sault Ste. Marie [...] In June, 2006, William Sharpe appeared before Sault Ste. Marie city council and cited poor sales and lack of investor interest as reasons for the downturn in the company(a)s fortunes."

The site is marked as private, since although there is graffiti there, there isn(a)t that much and it(a)d be nice to keep it that way. We walked around the site and took some pictures, so enjoy!

Collapsed winter 2019

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4 years ago

I don't have permission to edit, but this place is now destroyed. The remaining building collapsed under the snow a month or two ago, and they took down the stack at the same time.

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8 years ago

it is in the process of being demolished. the hoppers are out side sitting in the parking lot.

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10 years ago

best beer ever was Northern Light

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10 years ago

July 23rd 2013 Sault Ste. Marie's Location of the Northern Breweries Is Coming Down Finally! I will get more later on tonight or tomorrow depending on weather.

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11 years ago

20yr old male got nabbed for Arson as well

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11 years ago

Recent Update is that a 17yr old female is charged with a count of "arson" associated with the blaze on Thursday Feb 7th. No body was hurt thank God, the office building was not fully out until 2-3:30am this morning on Friday. And the fire chief stated that there was a large stack of beer boxes and wooden pallets on the upper floor which made it hard for the fire crew to put out the blaze and flam

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11 years ago

Great timing NM! Your a die hard... Almost 3am! On a "school night!"

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11 years ago

On Feb 7th 2013 a fire broke out on the office building of The Northern Breweries Building and totally destoryed the whole entire building. As of now 2:35am it's still burning and flames! PM for more information about this tragic event! It's a landmark to my town of Sault Ste. Marie and its sad to see this happen. It's possible an Arson but I will keep you people updated on what happens! Cheers

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11 years ago

Cool place! I especially like the gloves in this picture http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/p1040914f.jpg

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13 years ago

I got this link from mutantmindframe they were able to get into the building and take some pictures... here's the link and enjoy guys and girls! http://img801.imageshack.us/g/p1040967.jpg/

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13 years ago

Ahh are they the ones that made the best beer in history? Northern Light? God I loved that stuff as a kid.