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White Rock couple donates 120-year-old stove to Keremeos’ Grist Mill and Gardens

The couple felt the previous stove was a bit too new on their visit to the site
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Barb and Ken Hynek, right, donated their 120-year-old stove to lend extra authenticity to the Keremeos Grist Mill and Gardens. Already the Grist Mill’s volunteers have been putting it to use. (Grist Mill and Gardens Facebook)

The Keremeos Grist Mill and Gardens recently received a generous donation to help further the authenticity of visitors’ experiences.

While traveling through Keremeos in June, Ken and Barb Hynek stopped to visit the Grist Mill. While there, they struck up a conversation and eventually brought up how the Grist Mill’s summer kitchen stove didn’t fit the time period.

On July 12, the couple came back, and this time they brought a gift with them; a close to 120-year-old iron stove.

“This had been their stove for over 35 years, they built their house around it, and they really cared about it,” said Chris Mathieson, the gardens’ general manager.

The previous stove was from around the 1930s and just a bit too new for the couple, who spent some time corresponding with the volunteers at the Grist Mill before deciding to bring down their own.

The volunteers at the Grist Mill have already been able to use the new stove for a variety of demonstrations, baking cookies and more.

READ MORE: Keremeos’ Grist Mill gearing up for packed summer season

Installing the new stove took a whole team of volunteers to move it into place. Even though it was disassembled into parts, the main portion of the stove still weighed close to 500 pounds.

The Grist Mill and Gardens are open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. every day.

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