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March Maple Syrup Madness!

Maple syrup is a year-long favourite condiment and ingredient and one with a very long history that needs to be acknowledged. Long before Europeans arrived in North America and introduced the honeybee, Canada’s indigenous peoples were drawing sap from trees and creating the sweet elixir: maple syrup

maple syrup taffy in the shape of a maple leaf, held up against a beautiful blue winter sky

3 Maple Syrup Staycation Ideas

Maple season in Waterloo Region signifies the end of winter and promises warmer days will soon be here. If your adventurous heart has been longing for travel, here are 3 sweet maple syrup staycation itinerary ideas you never knew you needed.

maple syrup tapping trees

Tap into the Fun at the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival!

the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival (EMSF) ranks as the largest single-day maple syrup festival in the world. The event began humbly in 1965, and while the original organizers were hoping to have 2,500 visitors back then, they were surprised – and nearly overwhelmed – when 10,000 showed up.

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