CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #9864 | | | Name | 1000 Islands Mineral Water Co. |
| | | | | | | | | Extra info | In 1893, Fred M. Pilgrim, left Hamilton and moved to Brockville where he established the Brockville Mineral Water Co.
Fred had his name, F.M. Pilgrim, embossed on all his bottles. A water spring trade mark was registered in 1893 for his earliest bottles. The trade mark was later replaced by the simpler design of the mineral water company name embossed in a circle. Most of the bottles from this period were blob top with wired cork fasteners.
The increasing popularity of the crown top closures may have caused Fred to move his business to a larger facility at 58 Brock St in 1901. Fred newly expanded business was renamed the Thousand Islands Mineral Water Co. His sons Harry and Lloyd helped him until 1915. Fred managed the plant until his death in 1932.
In 1913, Fred expanded his soft drink works to Aylmer, Québec, on account of the good water that was obtainable from the springs there. Registered as Pilgrim Mineral Water Co. Ltd, his son F.Lloyd managed the Aylmer works in 1915. Labels from the Aylmer plant site show the diversity of soft drinks that Pilgrim produced: Pilgrim's Ginger Ale, Orangeade, and Super Carbonated Soda Water, Lemon and Cherry Sour, Bircho Tonic and others. The plant closed was closed in 1916 for as yet unknown reasons. |
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