This year marks a significant milestone for Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA): 50 YEARS of collecting maple sap and producing maple syrup on-site at Purple Woods Conservation Area. Join us in celebrating at the Purple Woods Maple Syrup Festival, Lantern Walk, or Maple Sips and Savouries!
Purple Woods Maple Syrup Festival
Come out and experience a Canadian spring in our sugarbush where sap is collected from hundreds of sugar maple trees and boiled on-site into delicious maple syrup. On a self-guided tour, you can visit our modern evaporator, enjoy games, activities, horsedrawn wagon rides, and of course, pancakes with real maple syrup.
Lantern Walk
Enjoy a tasty treat made with real maple syrup, then head out for a self-guided hike and explore our illuminated sugarbush. The history of this liquid gold will be told by firelight.
Maple Sips and Savouries
Join us in celebrating 50 years of maple syrup production with a delightful evening featuring maple-inspired tapas by Stuttering John’s Smokehouse, and the Spring Thaw, a maple cream ale brewed in collaboration with Whitby’s Town Brewery using Purple Woods maple syrup! Enjoy live acoustic tunes by local musician Jake Stauffer in the Heritage Hall. Afterward, take a scenic stroll through the illuminated sugarbush to the fragrant sugar shack, make your own s’mores, and warm up with specialty coffee, tea, or hot chocolate from Tall Pines Coffee. Don’t forget to bring your guitars for a relaxed jam session by the campfire. This exclusive 19+ event is a perfect night for maple lovers!
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