Following its annual general meeting Sunday the Central British Columbia Railway and Forestry Museum will offer an art exhibit of beehive burners by artist Lou Englehart.
Englehart traveled through the province during the 1970s and 1980s painting beehive burners. A symbol of the lumber industry in British Columbia, the burners were slowly disappearing as forestry practices changed.
Born in 1915 in Cambellton, N.B., Englehart began sketching and painting at an early age. He studied commercial art and cartooning in Ohio before attending the Vancouver School of Art, graduating with a degree in Fine Arts in 1949. He went on to teach as an art specialist with the BC Department of Education for 25 years.
There will also be a short presentation on the history of local beehive and open burners dating back to the 1950s.
The exhibit opening and presentation will follow the AGM that begins at 1 p.m. All members must be in good standing to vote. Light refreshments will be served.
