Things To Do During Maple Season
Discover fun outdoor activities at Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Enjoy interactive and small group experiences with great photo opportunities. Reserve your spot for these popular maple syrup season events. Limited tickets are available.
Sap to Syrup: A Maple Syrup Making Experience
Turn sap into sweet maple syrup during this hands-on experience in the sugar shack.
Discover how to identify and tap sugar maple trees, collect sap and use an evaporator to make maple syrup. Learn how to measure the sugar content and grade maple syrup before preparing your own bottle of maple syrup to take home. Space is limited with 10 tickets per tour. Must be aged 16 years and older to attend.
Visitors can also purchase maple syrup and maple products from the Park Store before or after your experience.
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$45 plus tax. Click on a time to book your reservation.
Saturday, April 6
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Sunday, April 14
Sold Out – Lamplight: Maple Syrup After Dark
An exciting maple themed event with live music, food and drinks.
Join us for an educational wagon ride through the forest to our illuminated sugarbush. Discover the history of maple syrup in Canada. Try warm maple syrup samples and enjoy a tasting menu of maple-themed food and a cocktail or mocktail in a signature souvenir glass. Relax by a campfire while listening to live music by Rag Maple Music. For adults 19 years and older.
Purchase maple syrup or maple products from the Park Store before or after your experience.
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$65 each plus tax. Click on the time slot to book your reservation.
Saturday April 6
VIP Tours
Experience the ultimate VIP Tour of Maple Syrup in the Park.
Enjoy a gourmet buffet breakfast by On the Move Catering, a guided tour of our sugarbush and educational demonstrations. Taste a variety of maple syrup grades, get a free taffy sample, $5 voucher to the Park Store and more! Enjoy free access to Maple Syrup in the Park once the tour concludes.
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$45 each plus tax. Click on a time to book your reservation.
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Maple Season Experiences for Families
Maple Syrup in the Park
Celebrate Maple Season at our annual festival. Experience the Canadian tradition of maple syrup production through interactive demonstrations and kids activities.
Explore the outdoors as you hike to the sugarbush. End your visit with a pancake breakfast with real maple syrup.
Sugarbush Wagon Rides for Families
Lots of fun things to do! Start your visit with a wagon ride to the sugarbush. Learn how maple syrup is made with demonstration of traditional and modern maple syrup making tools.
Try taffy, maple syrup samples, hot drinks and make s’mores over a campfire.
Ways to Reserve
Online
Pick your date/time, then click login at the top right of the booking page to create or login to your Credit Valley Parks account.
By Phone
Call 1-800-367-0890, press 0, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily.
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