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of First Nations when heated rocks were dumped in hollowed-out logs to boil the sugar maple sap, to modern times and the use of high-tech evaporators.They also got a chance to see a sugar maple get tapped and also enjoy some fresh-made maple taffy, if snow conditions permitted. SNC media liaison John Mesman noted this year’s programhadmore than 1000 visi- tors confirmed for tours with still another week to go before early-April finish. That figure includes two full days of confirmed tour groups coming up from the Brockville area and a few from Ottawa, taking advan- tage of the SNC bus subsidy for school class transportation. The continued growing popularity of the maple sugar tour program has prompted SNC officials to start scouting for another
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
It’s a sweet springtime success story for the SouthNation Conservation Authority. The annual Maple Sugar Tour program is doing so well that staff at the regional con- servation agency are looking at expanding it within the next couple of years. The goal is to offer more school groups and others in the greater Ottawa area a chance to learn the history and culture of Canada’s maple sugar industry. “There has been interest in getting this program set up at another maple sugar facil- ity,” said NatalieMachado, one of themedia liaisons with the South Nation Conservation Authority (SNC).
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A horde of students surround one of the interpreters. —photo SNC
For several years now the SNC has offered tours during maple sugar season through a partnership arrangement with the Sand Road Maple Farm sugarbush operation. School groups from communities within the SNC watershed region as well as others interested in maple sugaring have enjoyed the chance to view a working sugarbush and get a hands-on interpretive tour of the history of maple sugaring from the days C’est le temps des sucres! It’s sugarbush season!
working sugarbush operationwilling to part- ner as part of the tour program. The focus is on finding one near the SNC’s boundary with the Rideau River watershed to provide a closer venue for Ottawa schools interested in giving their students a chance to experi- ence sugarbush culture. “What it also boils down to,” said Mes- man, “is staff availability and volunteer availabity.”
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