Don Brewery

[5] They expanded the brewery extensively, building a new plant to make lager in 1877.

This made the brewery an early adopter of lager brewing in Toronto, ahead of O'Keefe and Cosgrave by several years.

He also led the movement to create Riverdale Park, have the City take over the Furness Water Works and to straighten the Don River next to the brewery, which made room for a rail line next to the brewery.

[7] The brewery was sold to the London & Colonial Financial Company in 1889 for CA$1.2 million, a massive amount at that time.

[8] In 1902, the English investors were interested in selling the brewery and it was sold to John Dick in 1903.