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Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival
Sun, Apr 02
|Sunderland - Multiple Locations
The festival offers a great opportunity to discover the many things that make Sunderland special, while celebrating the time-honoured Canadian tradition of making maple syrup.
Time & Location
Apr 02, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sunderland - Multiple Locations, Sunderland, ON L0C, Canada
About the event
Welcome to the 2023 Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival! Now in its 26th year (after a two-year pandemic-caused gap), this well-loved event attracts visitors from Toronto, Durham Region and the rest of the Greater Toronto Area – and even beyond! The festival offers a great opportunity to discover the many things that make Sunderland special, while celebrating the time-honoured Canadian tradition of making maple syrup.
Our maple syrup farmers are proud to carry on producing the “liquid gold” that has been enjoyed since the 17th and 18th centuries. Back then, sap from maple trees was boiled down in iron and copper kettles. What a difference a century or two makes! Nowadays, modern processing makes the job much more efficient. You can find out just how much processing has changed by taking a tour of Harlaine Maple Products.
Hop on a bus and travel to their sugar shack, where you will see a native and…