Feb. 28, 2025 – Conservation Halton
Starting Saturday, March 1, 2025, guests are invited to join Conservation Halton to celebrate Maple Season – the Sweetest time of the year! Visit the 150-year-old sugarbush at Mountsberg’s Maple Town to see how sap tapped from the maple trees is transformed into maple syrup, or visitors can explore Crawford Lake to learn more about the Indigenous origins of maple sugaring. Maple Season programs are offered on weekends, holidays, and March Break until Sunday, April 6, 2025.
Mountsberg’s Maple Town is a cherished family tradition. In the sugarbush, visitors can watch maple sap transform into syrup in the evaporator, warm up by a fireside lounge, or help their kids become ‘certified’ Sugar Rangers with the new and returning challenges for 2025! Satisfy sweet cravings with maple sugar and syrup samples, maple syrup drizzled pancakes at the Pancake Pavilion, and other maple products available to take home from the Country Store.
Mountsberg visitors can add a horse-drawn wagon ride or a maple sugar-making workshop to their visit for a truly unforgettable experience. Maple Town visitors will learn about the history of sugar making from its Indigenous origins, to iron kettles, to today’s technology, and all about how Conservation Halton staff care for our amazing trees. The animal barn and Raptor Centre trail will be open for exploration for those who want to get in a visit with the park’s furry and feathered animal ambassadors, including our two new miniature horses. Those interested in learning more about Mountsberg’s resident birds of prey can add Talons & Tailfeathers or a Raptor Encounter experience to their visit.
Our Maple Season programs are popular with people of all ages! Visitors love the chance to get involved and learn about the history of maple syrup making – but the best part is sampling the sweet maple treats! This year’s programs offer something for everyone including our new and returning challenges for little ones to complete to become an official Sugar Ranger!
– Brenna Bartley, Education Manager
Crawford Lake Conservation Area hosts Sweet Water Season, where visitors can explore the Indigenous heritage of maple sugaring and features the First Harvest: Celebrating Sweet Water exhibit. Guests can step back in time — in a reconstructed 15th-century Longhouse Village — to when maple sugaring was the first harvest of the year. Sweet Water demonstrations will run throughout the day, inviting guests to gather by the fire and learn all about the history of maple sugar making in this part of Ontario. Visitors can satisfy their sweet tooth with guided syrup-tastings and explore the different colours and flavours of maple and birch syrups.
For tickets, pricing, and details about Maple Season, visit conservationhalton.ca/mapleseason.
