Bastion Elementary Library / Bibliothèque Élémentaire Bastion: Le Sirop D’érable Canadien / Canadian Maple Syrup

Sugaring off is happening now (Feb) or very soon in Central and Eastern Canada, and even British Columbia - as we shift from winter into spring and the temperature rises. Beyond knowing that maple syrup is delicious, what else do you know about this amazing maple tree gift?

Aboriginals learned about this maple tree nectar & share their knowledge with immigrants:

CBC Archives shows the history of maple sugar production from Aboriginals to Canadian immigrants.

Tapping for Maple Syrup in Québec, Canada:

Ontario maple sugar producer: Fultons Pancake House & Sugar Bush, Pakenham, Ontario (5:35):

"Tap My Trees" aims to teach hobbyists and home schooling families how to make maple syrup.

"Tap My Trees" reviews the supplies you will need.

Faits de Le Sirop D’Érable / Maple Syrup Facts:

Maple syrup is one of Canada's most popular commodities and accounts for 85% of the world's total supply (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) (Feb., 2016).
Several Canadian provinces produce maple syrup; Québec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia account for most of Canada's maple syrup production. Maple festivals abound wherever syrup is made. There are 17 syrup-producing states in the U.S.
The province of Quebec recognized as the leading producer of maple syrup worldwide

Festival du Sucre D'Érable et Cabane à Sucre / Maple Syrup Festivals & Sugar Shacks - Fevrier et Mai / February-May

Le Répertoire des Restaurateurs de Cabanes à Sucre du Québec - (avec une carte)
New Brunswick
Ontario

Poesie/Poem
"Maple Feast"
In the big-flaked sugar-snow
The crystal-gathering sledges go.

Stumbling through silver to my knees,
I shout among the maple trees,

Tilt gleaming buckets icy cold
Till I am full as I can hold

Of clear bright sap, until I feel
Like a maple tree from head to heel!

Then to the sugarhouse I run
Where syrup, golden as the sun,

Is boiling in the crisp march air.
And I, as daft as a baby bear,

Eat, till my buttons burst asunder
From maple sweetness, maple wonder!

By Frances Frost from Sing a Song of Seasons: Poems about Holidays, Vacation Days, and Days to go to School. (821.008 BRE)

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