This Canadian who built steamboats is even more famous for the brewery he built in Montreal in 1786
He was the founder of the Molson Brewing Company in Montreal, ... in 1786, and 
it was during that year that he read the book "Theoretic ... His steamship would be 
the first in Canada and he partnered with two others to build a ship in ... 
continued to grow and the War of 1812 pushed sales even higher.