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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Alvinston Maple Syrup Festival

Alvinston - A.W. Campbell Conservation Area – located on Shiloh Line, 3 km. east of Alvinston off County Rd. 79 (Exit 44 of Hwy 402), southwest of Strathroy.

(519) 254-3710

www.scrca.on.ca/events/maple-syrup-festival/

March 21-22, 2015

9am – 4pm

The Alvinston Firefighters will be providing their traditional pancake and sausage meals at the Alvinston Community Centre, just a 5 minute drive from the Conservation Area. Visitors to the Festival will be able to travel into the past and see how maple syrup was produced by Native Canadians and early pioneers. Demonstrations of modern syrup production will also be highlighted.

Entrance to Conservation Area $2 per vehicle

Maple Sugar Bush at Horton’s Tree Farm

Aurora – 5924 Slater Rd. From Bloomington Rd head north on Warden Ave, turn left on Slater. Approx. 5km east of Aurora.

(905) 888-1738

www.hortontreefarms.com/maple_syrup.html

March 14 –

April 14, 2015

Weekends

9am – 4pm

Guided tours (lessons in maple syrup production, trees, nature appreciation and ecology, wagon rides, sap and syrup samples, log cabins, museum, hiking trails, pancakes, pure maple syrup and maple products and more. Dogs on leash welcome.

Adults $6.50, Seniors/Students $5.50, Kids (5-12) $4.50 **Cash only please

Springwater Maple Syrup Festival

Aylmer – Springwater Conservation Area, 8079 Springwater Rd. From Aylmer, head west on Hwy 3, turn left/south on Springwater Rd.

(519) 773-9037

www.catfishcreek.ca/pages/public-calendar-event?id=23&recurrence_number=1

March 7–29, 2015

Weekends and daily

during March Break

10am – 3pm

Enjoy wagon rides through the Springwater Forest. Tour the old-fashioned sugar shanty for demonstrations on maple syrup production. Maple products are available for sale. Dine at our pancake house which is operated by local community organizations.

Admission to Springwater: Adults - $7.50 , 12 & under - $4

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Shaw’s Maple Syrup Farm

Barrie Area – Just north of Barrie. Hwy 11 to Oro-Medonte Line 14 South

(705) 325-4347

www.shawscatering.com

Pancake House open

daily

Feb 9 – April 12,

2015

8am - 4pm

Self-guided tours of the sugar bush and production plant. Horse drawn sleigh/wagon on Saturday and Sunday for a small fee (Adults $5, Kids $3), sap boiling, and pancake house!

Call ahead during March and April to see if the sap will be boiling during your visit.

Spring Tonic

Barrie - Tiffin Centre for Conservation - 8195 8th Line of Essa. From Barrie take Hwy 90 west towards Angus, turn left (south) on the 8th Line of Essa, follow for 4km, and watch for Tiffin on the left.

(705) 424-1479

www.nvca.on.ca/events-education/events

April 11-12, 2015

9am-3pm

Breakfast

served until 2pm.

See how maple syrup is made today, then join our re-enactors & learn how it was made in the past. Horse-drawn wagon rides, live music, build a bird box for $5, & Zoo To You animal show including a python & alligator.

Adults $10, Children (2 – 12) $5, Infants free (breakfast includes

pancakes with maple syrup, sausage & refreshments)

**Cash only please

Belmore Maple Syrup Festival

Belmore – Belmore Community Centre From Highway 9 west of Walkerton, turn south onto Bruce County Road 12, travel approximately 17 km to Belmore.

(519) 335-3748

http://southbrucetourism.org/can-you-ever-get-tired-of-pancakes-

maple-syrup/

April 9

Seniors Day All are

Welcome

and

April 11 2015

Apr 9 9am - 3pm

Apr 11

8:30am -6:30pm

48th Annual Delicious, pancakes and sausages with applesauce. Along with local musical entertainment, craft show, local pork products for sale, homemade baking, maple products, and maple syrup making demonstrations. Dance April 12 featuring the James Cameron Band. Free admission. Meal price - Adults - $10, Children (6-11) - $5. Children 5 & under - free

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Delta Maple Syrup Festival

Brockville Area - Delta – Delta Fairgrounds, 110 Mill Creek Dr Approx. 40km northeast of Brockville. From Athens follow Reg. Rd 5 tale Plum Hollow Rd

(613) 928-2800

www.thegreatwaterway.com/events/delta-maple-syrup-festival/

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April 18-19,

2015

9am – 3pm

48th Annual Come & enjoy all you can eat pancakes flooded with maple syrup in the Main Exhibit Hall at the Delta Fairgrounds along with a Silent Auction, Craft Tables, Maple Syrup Vendors and Entertainment. In the Village - Tours at the Old Stone Mill National Historic Site with a Milling demo on Saturday at 1pm plus the Blacksmith will be on-site both days, and a Used Book Sale at Old Town Hall both days.

Pancakes – Adults - $9, Children under 12 - $5

Maple Saturdays Gibbons Family Farm Maple Sugar House & Museum

Brockville Area - Frankville – 41 Leacock Rd, 30km north of Brockville off County Rd 29.

1-877-440-7887

www.rideau-info.com/gibbons/events.html

March 21 & 28

April 4 & 11 2015

Activities 8:30am – 4:00pm

Breakfast 8:00am – 12:00pm

Tours of sugar house and museum, walk to the maple bush to view buckets and pipeline, boiling sap in a traditional pot kettle. New this year – Parrot Partner on Site with all sorts of beautiful parrots for you to pose for pictures with Free admission

Enjoy a pancake Breakfast provided by St. Thomas Anglican Church in the Church Hall, Frankville. This includes a bake sale. Adults - $8, Kids under 12 - $3 **Maple Sugar House & Museum open 7 days a week year round

Buckhorn - 2191 16th Line of Smith, 5km south of Buckhorn and 25km north of Peterborough.

(705) 657-2134

www.mcleanberryfarm.com

March 14-15, 22-22, 28-29 2015

9:30am – 4pm

22nd Annual Sugar bush walking tours, horse drawn, pancakes with maple syrup, farm animals, and taffy on snow, live music, try tapping a tree, visit the farm animals and so much more.

Admission: $7.00 per person, $25 per family of 4 (tax included)

Horse drawn hay rides - $1 **No pets please

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Bronte Creek Provincial Park

Burlington - 1km north of QEW on Burloak Drive between Oakville & Burlington

(905) 827-6911

www.brontecreek.org

Weekends in March

and

Daily during March Break

2015

9:30am - 3pm

Maple Syrup Festival - traditional maple syrup festival set around an 1899 farmstead, guided tours with costumed interpreters, pancake house, candy shanty, maple syrup history trail, gift shop, wagon rides, farm animals, heritage house tours, demos and pancakes.

General Admission: $16 per vehicle, meals extra.

Crawford Lake Conservation Area Sweetwater Season

Campbellville - South of Campbellville at Steels Ave and Guelph Line (905) 854-0234

www.conservationhalton.ca/events

Feb 28 – April 5

Weekends, Holidays & daily during

March Break 2015

Park opens at

8:30am

Activities 10:00am -

4:00pm

Visit the reconstructed Iroquoian Village and learn how maple syrup was discovered and used by Ontario’s First Peoples as you take in an interactive (and edible!) Sweet Water demonstration. Nostalgia is served warm and gooey in the afternoon as staff demonstrates how to make taffy on snow. Maple themed crafts and discovery hunts for kids. Weekdays - Enjoy a range of exhibits in the newly constructed, heated Deer Clan Longhouse.

Adults - $7.50, Kids (5-14) - $5.25, Seniors (65+) - $6.50

Mountsberg Conservation Area Maple Town

Campbellville - Between Guelph Line and Milton - take the Guelph Line exit from 401, south to Campbellville Turn west on Campbellville Rd for 4 km and then go north on Milburough Line for 1 km to park entrance.

(905) 854-2276

www.conservationhalton.on.ca

Feb 28 – April 6

Weekends, Holidays&

daily during March Break

2015

Park opens at

8:30am

Activities 10:00am -

4:00pm

See how sap is magically transformed into sweet, sticky syrup and smell the fragrant steam rising from simmering kettles, enjoy piping hot pancakes smothered in fresh maple syrup outdoors, climb, jump, and run in the Play Barn and see birds of prey demos hourly from 11am – 3pm.

Adults - $7.50, Kids (5-14) - $5.25, Seniors (65+) - $6.50

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Sand Road Sugar Camp

Cornwall Area - Moose Creek, 20 min north of Cornwall - Hwy 417 east to Hwy 138, travel south for 10km, turn right on Sand Road

(613) 538-2991

www.sandroadsugarcamp.com

Feb 28 – Apr 26, 2015

Tuesday to

Sunday

9:00am – 4:00pm

Pancake house and gift shop, wood fired evaporator, horse-drawn sleigh rides on weekends; all you can eat buffet, maple syrup process, taffy on snow, self-guided demonstration, forest walking tour, children’s play area Free Admission Maple Farm Buffet; $16.95 Adults – 6 – 12 yrs $11.95 5 & under $7.95

March Break & Easter weekend:10 am to 2 pm Easter Egg Hunt on Sat & Sun only Closed Easter Monday

Cumberland Lion’s Maplefest

Cumberland - 2552 Old Montreal Road at the Maple Hall. Approx. 30km northeast of Ottawa along Cty Rd 174. (613) 833-2330

http://cumberlandlions.ca/

March 28–29, 2015

Proulx Sugar Bush

Cumberland - 30 min. east of Ottawa – located at 1865 O’Toole Rd, south of Hwy 17.

(613) 833-2417

www.proulxberryfarm.com

March 1 – April 12

2015

Weekends & daily during

March Break

Weekends 9am - 5pm

March Break 9am - 4pm

Weekdays By reservation

Easter 9am – 3pm

Come spend a day in the country minutes from the city. You can smell the maple vapour from the sap being transformed into real maple syrup still on a wood fire. Enjoy a meal of homemade pancakes or the traditional sugar shack buffet. Enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride or, take a walk on the trails. Kids can play at the many different parks or visit the petting farm.

Admission & Guided Tours - $5 per person, Meals extra

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Maple Syrup in Ontario 2015 Maple Syrup Events are Weather Dependent – Please remember to always call ahead & wear appropriate clothing and footwear.

Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Elmira Maple Syrup Festival

Elmira - North of Kitchener-Waterloo on Hwy 85. 1- 877- 969- 0094

www.elmiramaplesyrup.com

March 28, 2015

Fri

6pm-9:0pm

Sat 7 am – 4 pm

51st Annual World’s Largest Single Day Maple Syrup Festival

Fri Mar 27 - Antiques & Collectibles Show & Sale at the Elmira Arena and the Toy Show & Sale at the Lion’s Hall Sat Mar 28 – Pancake breakfasts, sugar bush tours, Dog Shows, pancake flipping contest, Old MacDonald’s Farm, outdoor mall, quilt show, craft show, toy show, antique show and so much more. Some fees apply – check website for more details

Elmvale Maple Syrup Festival

Various locations throughout the town. Elmvale is 20km north of Barrie on Hwy 27.

(705) 322-6613

www.elmvalemaplesyrup.ca

April 25, 2015

8am – 5pm

Midway open Fri Apr 24

3pm, Re-opens Sat 9am

50th Annual All day pancake breakfast, sugar bush tours, vendors line the streets with offerings of maple syrup, food galore, book sales, log sawing contest and the firefighters pancake eating contest, pony rides, midway, craft and quilt shows, and so much more. Some fees apply

Forest - Ipperwash Maple Syrup Festival

Grand Bend Area - Thedford – Thedford Community Centre/Legacy Centre. From Hwy 21 head south on Northville Rd/79 to 16 Allen St, 20 min south of Grand Bend.

(226) 520-0144 www.tourismsarnialambton.com/events/ipperwash-maple-syrup-

and-pancake-breakfast/

March 21-22

& 28–29, 2015

Pancake Brunch:

8:30am – 2pm

17th Annual It’s time for the annual Ipperwash Pancake Festival, hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Forest and Williamson Farms. The Kiwanis Club will be cooking up pancakes, sausages, baked beans, fruit cocktail, coffee and tea.

Williamson Farms – 7739 Lakeshore Rd Drop in for a free tour of the Sugar Shanty

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Sugar Bush Maple Syrup Festival

Halton Hills – Terra Cotta Conservation Area, 14452 Winston Churchill Blvd, north of Georgetown.

1-800-367-0890

www.maplesyrupfest.com

March 7-8, 14-15,

21-22, 28-29 2015

Daily during March Break and Easter

10am – 4pm

Come out and tap into spring! Enjoy demonstrations, wagon rides, activities and of course pancakes and real maple syrup! Plus special family-fun activities on weekends and March Break. Adults - $7, Kids (6-14) - $4, Seniors (60+) - $5.60

Rolling Ridge Maple Syrup Festival Ilderton - 22681 Vanneck Rd, just west of Ilderton on the corner of Ilderton and Vanneck Road. (519) 666-3257 www.rollingridgemapleproducts.ca

March 7 – April 5, 2015

Sugar Shanty Mon-Sat

10am-5pm Sun

11am-4pm Pancakes

Sat 10am-2pm

Sun 11am - 2pm

Come see how maple syrup is made, and browse the selection in our gift shop. Pancake Brunches at the Vanneck Church on Weekends In March Adults $10, Children (4-10) $4, Children Under 3 - Free

McLachlan Bros. Maple Syrup Camp & Pancake House

Komoka - southwest of London, 2km south of Egremont Dr (Hwy 22) at 10279 Lamont Drive

(519) 666-1846

http://mclachlansyrup.ca/

Feb 28 – Apr 4, 2015

Closed

Easter Sun

9am–3:30pm

*Grill is off at 3pm

Horse drawn wagon rides only on weekends and during March Break Educational nature trail, pancake house, sugar camp, maple products

Adult Brunch - $12, Child Brunch (12 & under) - $6.50 or 3 pancakes & drink - $6

**Wheelchair accessible

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Temple’s Sugar Bush

Lanark – 1700 Ferguson’s Falls Road (Cty Rd 15)

Just a short drive west of Ottawa between Carleton Place & Perth, just minutes from Hwy 7.

(613) 253-7000

www.templessugarbush.ca

March 1 – April 26,

2015

Open Easter Mon

Wed to Sun 9am – 3pm

We are a family owned restaurant and maple farm in the heart of Lanark County, the Maple Syrup Capital of Ontario. A wide variety of breakfast and brunch selections are available during the maple season in March and April, with local entertainment, activities and walking trails. We offer a gift shop with maple syrup products year-round.

Wheelers Maple Heritage Centre

Lanark Highlands/McDonalds Corners – 1001 Highlands Line. 1 hour from Ottawa

(613) 278-2090

www.wheelersmaple.com

Open Year Round

Sugar Season

Late Feb – Mid April

2015

9 am – 3 pm

Pancake Meals, self-guided tours, maple taffy-on-snow, nature trails, children’s playground, visit the oxen and the sheep. Learn how maple syrup is made. Horse/tractor drawn sleigh rides on weekends and during March Break.

Mar 14-22 Maple taffy-on-snow, pancake meals, snowshoeing, &

self-guided tours of maple syrup production Apr 3-6 – Easter Weekend activities include a free egg hunt through sugar bush all weekend

Tap into Maple Lake Country & Springwater Township- The area north of Barrie which includes 5 districts: Orillia, Oro-Medonte, Severn, Rama, Ramara plus Springwater Township.

www.tapintomaple.com

March 1 – May 31,

2015

Hours vary by

location

See website for details

Come and experience all things maple on the sweetest route in Ontario’s Lake Country and Springwater. Visit the 29 maple destinations, get your passport stamped (min of 3 stamps required to enter contest) to enter the draw for a chance to win great prizes.

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Annual Maple Festival at Crinklaw’s Sugar Bush

London - Travel Wonderland Rd. S. over Hwy 402 (at exit #100) and watch for the signs to Crinklaw's Sugar Bush (Lambeth/London).

(519) 457-4550

www.crinklawmaplesyrup.com

Sugar House

Mar 1 – April 11,

2015 Wed – Sun

Store

Apr 18 – May 2, 2015

Sat’s only

10am – 3pm

Experience the ambience of an authentic working sugar bush producing pure Canadian Maple Syrup and stroll amongst the displays and heritage barns. Help collect the sap, sample the first fresh drops of syrup, taste the magic of sugar on snow and welcome spring!

Maple Festival – March 21 - 22 from 10am – 3pm Wagon rides, tours, samples, sugar on snow, fresh maple syrup and the Goodah Gastrotruck will be serving up gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches including the amazing MAPLE grilled cheese. ** No pets please

Fort Rose Maple Company

London (Parkhill) - 2.5 miles west of Nairn to Cty Rd 17 to Fort Rose Rd to Coldstream and follow the signs

(519) 232-9041

http://fortrose.ca/brunch.html

Feb 28 – Apr 5, 2015

Weekends and daily

during March Break

Weekends & March Break

9:00am - 2:00pm

Visit the sugar house, buffet brunch with pancakes, sausages and maple baked beans, wagon rides, maple products year round, sample fresh syrup and maple butter Admission: Adults $12, Children 12 & under $7

Kinsmen Fanshawe Sugar Bush

London - Hwy 401 exit onto Airport Rd, follow to Huron St., turn right, left on Robin’s Hill Rd. Left on Rebecca, follow signs

(519) 461-1073

http://home.primus.ca/~greaterlondonkinsmenclub/

March 7-8, 14-15,

16-22, 28-29, 2015

9:00am - 4:00pm

Last tour at

3:30pm

Enjoy the guided tours, hayrides, demos, displays & brochures. Buy fresh maple syrup and other maple products, and visit the sugar shack and Pancake Pavilion for delicious pancakes, sausages & pure maple syrup. Come see the improvements made for 2014! Dress warmly, boots recommended.

Adults- $3, Children (12 & under) $2, Max per car - $10 **Cash only please

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Maple Syrup in Ontario 2015 Maple Syrup Events are Weather Dependent – Please remember to always call ahead & wear appropriate clothing and footwear.

Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Stanley’s Olde Maple Lane Farm

Metcalfe – Olde Maple Lane Farm, 2452 Old York Corner Rd. Heading east out of Ottawa on Hwy 417, take Exit 104-Cty Rd 27 south to the village of Metcalfe.

(613) 821-5221

www.stanleysfarm.com

Feb 28 - April 12,

2015

Weekends

Weekends 9am – 3pm

March Break

Tues-Fri 10am – 2pm

Come out for our famous All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Brunch! Enjoy a sleigh ride, some taffy on the snow, and don’t forget to visit to our heritage sugar shack, our gift shop and the petting farm in the barn.

Free admission and parking. Horse Drawn Wagon Rides - $4.75, Taffy on Snow $2.50 All You Can Eat Pancake Brunch - $7.50 to $17.50

**No pets please

Sweetwater Harvest Maple Syrup Festival

Midland - Wye Marsh, 16160 Hwy 12 in Midland – across from The Martyr’s Shrine

(705) 526-7809

www.wyemarsh.com/Sweetwater

March 28-29, 2015

10am - 4pm

Celebrate a uniquely Canadian tradition in a distinctively Canadian landscape. Activities include sugar shack tours & demo's, cooking demos, taffy tasting and bannock roasting, wilderness survival and woodcarving demos, birds of prey & reptile/amphibian shows, live music and all day breakfast.

Admission - $10, Family Rate - $30, Breakfast - $5 **Cash only please

Maple Sugar Festival at Brooks Farm Mount Albert – Brooks Farm, 122 Ashworth Rd From Hwy 48 follow Mount Albert Rd To Ashworth Rd (905) 473-3246 www.brooksfarms.com/maple.html

March 7 – April 5, 2015

Weekends, daily during

March Break & Easter (Apr 3-5)

Pancake House serving pancakes with real maple syrup, train or wagon ride, Barnyard Playland (weather permitting) self-guided & guided educational tours, sap & syrup tastings, camp fire in sugar bush, maple sugar products for sale.

Admission - $8, Under 2 - Free Easter Egg Hunt – Apr 3 – 5

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Maple Syrup in Ontario 2015 Maple Syrup Events are Weather Dependent – Please remember to always call ahead & wear appropriate clothing and footwear.

Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Holstein Maplefest

Mount Forest Area - Holstein - Love’s Sugarbush – located at #392098 Grey Rd 109 between Durham and Mount Forest.

(519) 334-3490

www.holsteinmaplefest.com

April 11-12, 2015

Sat 9am - 4pm

Sun 10am - 3pm

21st Annual

Bring the whole family for a day in our 40 acre sugar bush. Enjoy Pancake & Sausage breakfast all day long, a free craft sale with over 30 original vendors, plenty of demos in the sugar bush including the Fergus Highlands Pipe Band, Blacksmith, Taffy Pull, Ice Cream Making, Candle making, our new Rope Bridge and plenty more.

Adults (14+) - $8, Kids – Free. Breakfast: Small: $5; Medium: $7; Large: $9

Windermere Lions Club Pancake Social Muskoka - Windermere - Bill Veitch’s Sugar Bush, 1539 Doherty Rd (705) 385-3729 www.windermerelionsclub.com/Pancake%20Social%20.html

April 18 - 19,

2015

10am

- 2pm

The pancakes are mouth-watering, drizzled with Veitch’s Maple Syrup and delicious sausages on the side. Coffee, Tea, Juice and Hot Chocolate are offered. This event is famous in Muskoka and all the family will enjoy this old fashion experience. Hope to see you there to celebrate the beginning of spring!

Maple Syrup Days Niagara Region - Pelham - Agapé Valley Bible Camp, 392 Killman Rd, 15km south of the QEW

(905) 892 4273

www.agapevalley.ca

March 7, 14,

16-21, 28, Apr 4, 2015

8:30am -

3:30pm

Come with family and friends to enjoy a delicious meal and take a FREE sugar bush tour to see how maple syrup is produced. All the proceeds go towards our day camp, to keep the cost affordable for all families.

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Optimist Club Maple Festival

Orangeville – Island Lake Conservation Area, 673067 Hurontario St South. Head west on Hwy 9, turn right on Hwy 10, turn right on Buena Vista Dr., left on Hurontario

Tel: (519) 278-4262 www.orangevilleoptimists.ca

March 28-29, 2015

10:00am –

4:00pm

22nd Annual Lots of fun for the whole family! Maple bush tours, learn how syrup is made, taste testing, sugar shack tours, horse drawn wagon rides, face painting, kids crafts, bird of prey demos, local vendors, chainsaw carving and a whole lot more!

Admission: $10 (Ages 12 & up), Kids under 12 - Free Breakfast: Large - $7, Small - $4

Purple Woods Maple Syrup Festival

Oshawa – Purple Woods Conservation Area north of Oshawa at the southeast corner of Simcoe Street and Coates Road. Just east of Hwy 7/12.

(905) 579-0411 Ext. 126

www.cloca.com/msf

March Break March 7–8,

14-22, 28-29, 2015

10:00am – 2:30pm

40th Annual See how maple syrup was made over 400 years ago through to the modern methods of today, take a horse-drawn wagon ride and enjoy some hot pancakes.

Admission: Adults - $5, Kids 2 & under – Free Pancakes and wagon rides priced separately

** Tickets ONLY available on-line, no tickets will be sold on-site

**No pets please

Maple Sugar Moon Festival Owen Sound – Grey Roots Museum & Archives – Located at 10259 Grey Rd 18, just south of Owen Sound 1-877-473-9766 www.greyroots.com/programs-events/events/?I=5931

March 28,

2015

11am – 4pm

Come on out to Grey Roots and rejoice at this traditional rite of spring. Learn its history from the early days of our Aboriginal people to our first European setters and beyond. Enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride, test out your ability to bore a hold and sink a spile in a tree trunk, then, top of your visit with pancakes and maple syrup. Yes, that's right, the Kiwanis Food Truck will be here cooking up a storm. What a better way to spend a day; fun, learning and pancakes! Adults - $8, Children - $4, Family - $20, pancakes sold separately

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Maple Syrup Tour and Art Show & Sale Owen Sound Area/Kemble – Kemble United Church, 319 940 Kemble Rock Rd. (519) 534-1211 (Anita) or church 519 371-9159 www.kembleunitedchurches.ca/kemble_maple_syrup_tour.php

April 11,

2015

Tour

10am – 4pm

Art Show 9am – 4pm

Tour - Visit 7 local farms, Set-ups range from a homemade evaporator processing sap from 35 taps for personal consumption, all the way up to Miners' Maple Syrup Products with 6200 taps on a vacuum system and using reverse osmosis. Producers are on hand to answer questions, and sometimes to sell their product. Meet along the way including elk, sheep, and highland cattle to name a few. Tour Passports – call for pricing

Art Show - Talented & unique Grey Bruce Artists will be set up at the Kemble United Church on tour day.

Maple Infused meal available at the Church 8am – 3pm

Old-Tyme Maple Syrup Festival

Paisley/Grey Bruce – Saugeen Bluffs Cons. Area, 3km north of Paisley off Bruce Rd 3

(519) 367-3040

www.saugeenconservation.com/maplesyrup.php

March 28–29, 2015

10am – 4pm

Come out and enjoy the largest outdoor Maple Syrup Festival in Grey and Bruce Counties! Enjoy pancakes and fresh maple syrup, history in action displays, dog agility shows, horse drawn wagon rides, kid’s activities, family games, sheep shearing, food vendors, sugar bush hikes & much more.

Adults - $8, Kids - $3, Under 5 – Free **No pets please

Fulton’s Pancake House and Sugar Bush

Pakenham - 399 Sugar Bush Rd. From the 417 take Kinburn Side Rd/Cty Rd Exit to Pakenham, south on Cty Rd 29, right on Cedar Hill Side Rd & follow the signs.

(613) 256-2624

www.fultons.ca

Feb 14 – April 19,

2015

Daily

9am – 4pm

Weekend Activities

11am – 3pm

Self-guided sugar bush tours, pancake house, walking trails, horse-drawn wagon/sleigh rides, playground, maple shop, maple taffy on snow, face painting, etc. Certain activities only available on weekends check website for details. Special events for March Break – March 14-22 Easter Weekend Celebration Apr 3-6– Easter Egg Hunt on Sat & Sun only from 10am-2pm

Free admission and parking. **No pets please

**Cash only in restaurant

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Killbear Prov. Park’s Maple Syrup Festival

Parry Sound - Follow Hwy 400 north of Parry Sound for 12 km. Take exit #241 for Highway 559. Killbear is located at the end of Hwy 559.

(705) 342 5492

www.friendsofkillbear.com

All day pancake breakfast, wagon rides through Killbear, guided tours of the sugar bush and sugar shack, visitor Centre and Nature Shoppe open

Admission to the park is FREE

Festival of the Maples

Perth – located along Hwy 7, southwest of Ottawa.

1-888-319-3204

http://perthchamber.com/chamber-events/festival-of-the-maples/

April 25, 2015

9 am – 4 pm

39th Annual The grand finale to the month-long maple celebration takes place in downtown Perth. Maple products and taffy sales, displays of maple syrup production, entertainment, midway, pony rides, petting zoo & children’s activities. Live musical entertainment, over 160 Craft, Artisan and Food Vendors, Classic Antique Car Display, etc.

Powassan Maple Syrup Festival

Powassan – Approx. 30km south of North Bay on Hwy 11.

(705) 491-0379

www.powassansyrupfestival.ca

April 25, 2015

Pancake Breakfasts Start at 7am

Events wrap up by 4pm

18th Annual Start your day by attending one of our delicious Pancake Breakfasts. Then enjoy the Street vendors, Lumberjack Shows, live music and lots of fun family events that are planned.

Free admission **No pets please

Ganaraska Maple Syrup Day

Port Hope Area - Ganaraska Forest Centre – Exit Hwy 401 at Port Hope and travel north on Cty Rd 28 to Cty Rd 9. West on Cty Rd 9 for 16km, watch for signs.

(905) 797-2721

www.ganaraskaforestcentre.ca/NewsAndEvents.html

March 28, 2015

10 am – 1 pm

Take a trip back in time with historic characters that will enlighten you on this sweet tradition. Tour the sap collecting route and visit the sugar shack before creating crafts, having your face painted and playing pioneer games. Then settle in for some great live music while you enjoy a pancake feast! Adult - $12, Child - $6

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Maple in the County

Prince Edward County – South of Belleville on Hwy’s 62, 48 & 33. Includes Bloomfield, Picton and Wellington.

1-866-845-6644

www.mapleinthecounty.ca

March 28–29, 2015

See website for schedule

Visit one of the participating sugarbushes, enjoy pancake breakfasts with fresh maple syrup, taffy on snow, S'mores, petting zoos, BBQ sausages, fire trucks, lumberjack show, artisan vendors, wineries and more. Celebrate the first harvest of the 2015 season in Prince Edward County.

Gilbertson’s Pancake House Richard’s Landing – 3090 Huron Line/Hwy 548, Just 40 minutes east of Sault Ste. Marie (705) 246-2066 www.gilbertsonsmaple.com

March 9 – April 25,

2015

Mon – Sat 8am – 8pm

Walk the trails through the bush, learn interesting facts about maple syrup. Next, come inside and see the modern methods used to collect, store, boil and package the smooth golden taste of syrup. Learn how the process works from start to finish. Our experienced workers invite your questions and are pleased to explain syrup making. Then head to the restaurant for your fill of pancakes and syrup and browse the gift shop. Enjoy a free wagon ride most Sat’s through the sugar bush. We are Ontario’s largest maple syrup producer.

**Wheelchair accessible

Westfield Heritage Village

Rockton – 1049 Kirkwall Road (formerly Regional Road 552), off Highway 8 in Rockton between Cambridge & Dundas.

1-800-883-0104

www.conservationhamilton.ca/component/ohanah/maple-syrup-festival

March

8, 15, 18,19, 22, 29 & Apr 3, 5,

2015

10am – 4pm

The village’s gorgeous rural setting is a fun place to learn all about how maple syrup is made. Free horse and wagon rides, a trip to the sugar bush and a chance to taste one of Canada’s sweetest traditions make for a great day out. Westfield is a unique place for families, with something interesting to see and do around every corner.

Adults $11, Seniors $10, Kids 6-12 - $6.50, Under 5 - Free

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Sugar Bush Maple Syrup Festival Stouffville – Bruce’s Mill, 3291 Stouffville Rd Located east of Hwy 404 between Warden and Kennedy. (416) 661-6600 www.maplesyrupfest.com

Feb 28 –

Apr 6, 2015

Event Hours 9 :30am –

5pm

Maple Demos 10am – 4:30pm

Come out and tap into spring! Enjoy demonstrations, wagon rides, activities and of course pancakes and real maple syrup. Special family-fun activities on weekends and March Break! Bruce’s Mill is closed Mon and Tues with the exception of March Break and Easter Monday.

Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival

Sunderland - Approx. 25km north of Port Perry on Hwy 7/12.

www.maplesyrupfestival.ca

March 28-29, 2015

Friday Midway open

4pm-9pm Saturday 9:45am -

4pm Sunday

10am-3pm

20th Annual All day pancake breakfast, Pancake eating contest, sugar bush tours, dances, midway, craft and book fair, fine art show, craft show, horse and buggy rides, bath tub races, and much more. Free admission

White Meadows Farms Sugar Bush & Pancake House

St. Catharines - QEW to 7th St, South to Regional Rd 81, turn left, right on 5th St - #2519

(905) 682-0642

www.whitemeadowsfarms.com/stuff-to-do/sugar-bush-adventure/

Sugar Bush Weekends Feb 14 – Mar 29,

2015

Pancake House

Weekends Open every

weekend year round

Sugar Bush

9:30am – 3:30pm

Pancakes

served 8am - 2pm

A modern maple syrup operation, pancake meals, taffy on snow & maple products. Sit a spell at our fires, listen to native stories, dance with our fiddlers, use a hand drills to tap trees, saw like a lumberjack, have your face painted, see what bird you are, eat yummy taffy, roast a hot dog, get lost in the maze, cross a rickety bridge, and if you are not careful you may learn a little somethin’ maple before you get the shuttle back to the farm

Adult $9.50, Youth (13-17) $8, Kids (2-12) $6

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities McCully’s Hill Farm

St. Mary's - 4074 Perth Line #9, just east of St. Mary’s (519) 284-2564 www.mccullys.ca

March 7–29, 2015

Weekends

10:00am – 2:00pm

Come out to the farm and learn how maple syrup is made! Take a horse drawn wagon ride through the sugar bush, and see how we collect the sap and then visit the sugar shack to learn how we make maple syrup. Make a stop in the barn and see what the animals are up to and then stay for a delicious pancake brunch featuring McCully's own maple syrup! March Break – 1.5 hour walking tours of the sugar bush $3

Sugar Bush Tours - $6 Pancake Bruch - $7

Warwick Fire Dept. Pancake & Sausage Breakfast

Warwick – Fire Hall located at 7074 Egremont Rd. Warwick is approx. 30km east of Sarnia on Cty Rd 22, just north of Hwy 402.

www.warwicktownship.ca

March 22, 2015

9am – 1pm

Come out and enjoy all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, eggs, toast, muffins, fruit salad, juices, coffee, and tea put on by the Warwick Fire Dept. Being held at the Warwick Fire Hall. All proceeds to Camp Bucko – a burn camp for kids continuing the healing process

Adults - $8 Kids (5-12) - $5

Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival at Sandy Flat Sugar Farm

Warkworth – Southeast of Peterborough at the junction of Cty. Rd 25 and 29.

(705) 924-2057

www.warkworthmaplesyrupfestival.ca The time changes to Daylight Savings Time on the Sunday of our festival. That means you’ll need to get up an hour earlier to take it all of the festivities on Sunday!

March 14-15, 2015

Sugar Bush 9am – 4pm

Village Events

Sat 9am-5pm

Sun 10am - 4:30

Sand Flat Sugar Bush: Compare the native, pioneer & modern methods of gathering & processing the sap, horse drawn sleigh rides, nature trails, maple taffy on snow, log sawing competition, pancake breakfasts & more

**No pets please Warkworth Village: Art & photography sale, antique & nostalgia Sale, craft show, petting farm, White Elephant Sale, puppet shows, mini golf, petting farm, etc.

Sugar Bush - $4, Pancake Breakfast: Adult $7 & Child $3 Antique Show - $3

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Watford Maple Syrup Festival

Watford Fire Hall – 520 Ontario St Watford is located just west of Strathroy, south of Hwy 402 at exit 44.

(519) 876-3406 http://warwicktownship.ca/news-events/events/8-events/247-maple-syrup-festival.html

March 28, 2015

8am – 6pm

Pancakes & locally produced maple syrup with sausages served all day! Maple syrup for sale. Hosted by the Watford Fire Department.

Pancakes & Syrup -$5, Pancakes & Sausage - $7, Kids - $4

MapleRidge Syrup

Waterford - 10 mins north of Simcoe, go north of Hwy 24, right on Conc. 11 and watch for signs.

(519) 426-5295

www.mapleridgesyrup.com

March 14-15, 19-22, 28-29, 2015

Sat & Sun 8am - 2pm

March Break 9am – 1pm

35th and Final Season Maple Ridge Syrup and Pancake House is a fourth generation family business now in its 35th and last season as we're retiring and closing our doors forever. So stop by for some pure maple syrup or bring family and friends for one last delicious pancake meal. We welcome you to come experience the sweetest part of Norfolk County.

Wiarton Rotary Club’s Maple Magic Wiarton Area – Regal Point Elk Farm - Head out of Wiarton on Cty Rd 1 to Oxenden, turn right onto Concession 24 and follow for 1.3 km to 462081 Conc. 24 (519) 534-1415

March 21–22

& 28–29, 2015

9am – 1pm

Enjoy a pancake breakfast in the new dining building overlooking the sugar bush, plus maple taffy on snow, and other maple treats, take a guided tour to see the state of the art maple syrup processing equipment at 10:30am daily, and check out Mt. Haymore – a mountain of fun with climbing challenges and slides. Log sawing competitions at 11:30am daily, try the Tap Line Maze and Willies Bush Walk.

John R. Park Homestead & Conservation Area Maple Events

Windsor Area – Located on the shores of Lake Erie between Kingsville & Colchester at 915 County Rd. 50.

(519) 738-2029

www.erca.org

First Taste of Spring March 1,

2015

March Break March

17 & 19, 2015

March 1

12pm-4pm

March 17 & 19

1:30pm- 4:00pm

Maple First Taste of Spring: Essex County's only Maple Syrup Festival! Make maple taffy in the snow and see syrup made the pioneer way, enjoy a special maple-themed menu, play pioneer games, and much more. Family admission - $20

Maple March Break for Families: Get hands-on with this fun and educational program for the whole family to enjoy.

Family admission - $20

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Location Date Time Event Name & Special Activities Sugar Bush Maple Syrup Festival

Woodbridge – Kortright Centre, 9550 Pine Valley Dr 3km west of Hwy 400, just south of Major Mackenzie Dr. (905) 832-2289

www.maplesyrupfest.com

Feb 28 - April 6 2015

Event Hours 9:30am - 5:00pm

Maple Demos 10am-4:30pm

Come out and tap into spring! Enjoy demonstrations, wagon rides, activities and of course pancakes and real maple syrup. Special family-fun activities on weekends and March Break. Adults - $8.85, Seniors & Children - $5.75, Parking $4

Jakeman’s Maple Products

Woodstock (Beachville) – 454414 Trillium Line, South of the 401

(519) 539-1366

www.themaplestore.com

March

7-8, 14-15, 18, 21-22,

28-29, 2015

Pancakes Served

Weekends 9am – 1:30pm

Gift Shop Year round Mon – Fri

9am - 4:30pm Sat

10am-4pm

10th Annual Enjoy a pancake breakfast then take a self-guided walking tour in our Woodlot where you can see the actual sap lines, learn how the sap is collected from the tree and then to the evaporator. From there, visit the Sugar Shanty where you will see the evaporating & finishing process. View our private museum of farm and household implements used by the generations of the Jakeman family. Visit our Farm Gift Shop for special Maple Souvenirs.