Maple Syrup Events

Maple Syrup Days
When? March 1 to March 30 (10am - 4pm), weekends, holidays and daily during March Break
What? Come experience a great Canadian tradition! Inhale the steam of boiling maple sap in our wood-fired evaporator, create maple treats in the candy house, experience a guided horse-drawn sleigh tour through our working sugar bush, savour pancakes and syrup in the pavilion. Finish off your day with a trip to the Country Store to commemorate your experience with some maple products to take home!
Where? Mountsberg MapleTowne, Campbellville
Website: www.conservationhalton.on.ca

Maple Syrup Festival, 2008
When? March 9, 12, 13, 16, 21, 23, 30
What? Discover one of Canada's most time-honoured and delicious traditions. Explore the making of maple syrup from the tree to the table in three different time periods: the 18th century methods of Canada's First Nations, early 19th century pioneers, and modern times. Families can also take an old-fashioned horse and wagon ride through time, stroll through a rural historical Ontario village and enjoy a wonderful pancake breakfast.
Where? Westfield Heritage Village, Rockton
Website: www.westfieldheritage.ca

Maple Syrup Festival
When? March 1 to March 30 (9:30am - 3pm), weekends, and daily during March Break
What? Fresh Ontario maple syrup begins flowing at Bronte Creek Provincial Park on March 1, 2008 when the park's month-long Maple Syrup Festival gets under way. Hop on a wagon that will take you to a heated pancake house where you can enjoy fresh, hot pancakes with pure maple syrup and crisp bacon, served up throughout the festival hours. Enjoy a guided tour of the Maple Lane, where 1890s costumed interpreters demonstrate how to tap maple trees, make maple syrup and maple sugar. Visitors can sit back a watch a movie in the logging theatre, view artifacts in the maple museum or tour the 100-year-old Spruce Lane Farmhouse. Be sure to browse through the maple products and souvenirs available in the Maple Gift Shoppe and pick up a bottle of syrup to take home.
Where? Bronte Creek Provincial Park, Brantford
Website: www.brontecreek.org

Sweet Water Season
When? March 1 to March 30 (10am - 4pm), weekends, holidays and daily during March Break
What? Celebrate the sweet taste of spring! Join us in the Iroquoian village to discover how the First Nations people enjoyed the gifts of the maple tree. These informative and entertaining presentations include storytelling and complimentary samples of cornbread dripping with pure maple syrup.
Where? Crawford Lake Conservation Area, Campbellville
Website: www.conservationhalton.on.ca

Maple Magic
When? March 8 - 14
What? The Museums of Mississauga will be hosting their Annual Maple Syrup Festival during March Break! Admission includes horse Drawn Wagon Rides; Tours of the Sap Line; Tours of the Historic Bradley House; Sample some Maple Candy; Crafts for Kids; First Nations: Sweet Water Camp Area; Historic Demonstrations and various activities on site! Additional activities on weekends include Forestry Bucket Rides, Carving Demonstrations & Music by Brampton Folk Club.
Where? Bradley Museum, 1620 Orr Rd., Mississauga
Website: www.museumsofmississauga.com

Sugar Bush Tours
When? March/April (weather permitting)
What? Come and enjoy a group tour of the Couper Country Sugar Bush. A group tour is a walking tour where you have the opportunity to learn about tree tapping, the production of sap, and the history of maple syrup making in North America. If the weather permits, a sap tasting experience is also in the agenda. (Please call 519-848-3964 to book in advance.)
Where? Couper Country, Arthur, ON
Website: www.coupercountry.com

Fanshawe SugarBush 2008
When? March weekends & March Break
What? Enjoy the guided tours, hayrides, demonstrations, displays and brochures. Buy fresh maple syrup and other maple products, and visit the sugar shack and Pancake Pavilion for delicious pancakes, sausages and pure maple syrup.
Where? Kinsmen Fanshawe Sugar Bush, 21201 Lake Side Drive, Thorndale, ON
Website: www3.sympatico.ca/greaterlondonkinsmenclub/

16th Annual Maple Festival
When? March 15 & 16 (10am - 4pm)
What? Pancakes 10 to 1:30. Adults $5; children 12 and under $3 (proceeds to Lambeth Scouting). Horse drawn wagon rides, sugar on snow, samples, tours and demonstrations.
Where? Crinklaw Sugar Bush, 4570 Westminster Drive, London, ON (Telephone: 519-457-4550).

Horse-drawn Sugarbush Tours
When? March Break (March 12 - 14) from 11am to 3pm; Weekends: March 15 - April 6 from 10am - 3pm (Closed Easter Sunday)
What? Sugarhouse samples, pancake brunch, baby animal visits, syrup demonstrations.
Where? McCully's Hill Farm, St. Marys
Website: www.mccullys.ca

12th Annual Maple Syrup Festival
When? March 22 (8:30am - 1pm)
What? PANCAKES and SAUSAGES (All you can eat). Free wagon rides to Bush; Maple Syrup/Homemade Baking for Sale
Where? Hibbert Shed, Staffa, County Rd. 180, South of Dublin.

Maplefest
When? March 30, 10am - 3pm
What? Explore the history of maple syrup with hikes to the sugar bush and demonstrations. MapleFest is a spring-time tradition for over 10 years! Purchase hot pancakes with real maple syrup, refreshments and other maple products. Admission is $1.00 per person (children 5 and under are free). Please enter through the main parking lot of the Nature Centre at 308 Robinson Road.
Where? Apps' Mill Nature Centre
Website: www.grandriver.ca

Elmira Maple Syrup Festival
When? April 5, 7am - 4pm
What? The Elmira Maple Syrup Festival builds and strengthens community spirit through the involvement of a large number of area residents in the planning and operation of a one day festival. Participation in a fun filled day supported by 2000+ volunteers raises funds to support local charities and non-profit organizations. Continuing a tradition of 41 years, the Festival continues to promote our community, surrounding areas and local maple syrup producers.
Where? Downtown Elmira
Website: www.elmiramaplesyrup.com

Maple Syrup Weekend
When? April 5, 7am - 4pm
What? Sap will be simmering outside for a Schneider sugaring-off weekend. Sample taffy, maple butter and maple cake. Fresh maple syrup will be available for sale.
Where? Joseph Schneider Haus Museum
Website: www.region.waterloo.on.ca/jsh

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