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CCE Lewis Announces Two Upcoming Maple Weekend Events
for March 22-23 and March 29-30
Published: February 19, 2025
at 12:00 p.m.
By: Press Release
from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Lewis County
Maple Weekend Celebrates
All-Natural
Sweetness March 22-23 and 29-30
What is all-natural, golden brown, sweet and goes with everything
from pancakes to popcorn? New York
State maple syrup, of course! “And the best news of all is that the quality
of New York State maple syrup is the best in its history, and among the
best in the world,” says Michele E. Ledoux, executive director of Cornell
Cooperative Extension of Lewis County.
“Our techniques for making maple syrup today are both time-tested by
tradition and enhanced by modern technology. On Maple Weekend,
visitors can see all aspects of maple making, from the tapping of the trees
to sap collecting to the boiling of the sap into syrup. Some producers will
demonstrate the making of maple syrup into other products including maple
cream, maple cotton candy and maple sugar. Sampling will be available at
most sugar houses. Maple Weekend provides an easy and enjoyable, free
family-oriented opportunity to see how New York maple producers make some
of the world's finest syrup and related products,” Ledoux says.
The techniques of maple production vary from producer to producer.
Visiting several of the participating sugaring houses offers a look at
different kinds of facilities. In addition, many of the producers will have
a variety of additional activities including horse and wagon rides and
kids’ activities.
Ledoux says, “New York State maple syrup has established its
reputation as some of highest quality in the world. New York Maple
producers continually strive to do a better job of telling people about the
process from tree to table and that is what Maple Weekend is all about.”
Maple syrup producers across the North Country will hold open houses
with syrup making demonstrations and maple and value-added maple products
for sale the weekends of March 22-23 and 29-30 from 10am-4pm.
Sites in Lewis County include International Maple Museum Centre (museum
and pancake breakfast), Moser’s Maple LLC, Pierce’s Sugar Spigot, Snyder’s Sugar
Shack, Yancey’s Sugarbush. In Jefferson County, visit Champion Peak Maple, Maplewood Sweets LLC,
Massey Ranch, Steiner’s Running Wild/Burrville
Cider Mill. In Oneida County stop
in at Shaw’s Maple Products (pancake breakfast) and Tibbitts Maple.
Also, Oswego County has a sugarhouse participating outside of Mexico,
Yardley Maple.
This event is FREE to
the public. For a list of participating maple producers and directions to
their sugarhouses go online at www.mapleweekend.com or for more information contact Cornell
Cooperative Extension Lewis County 315-376-5270 or look at our website www.ccelewis.org. We encourage all
families and participants to dress for the weather with appropriate
footwear and jackets. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Lewis County provides
equal employment and program opportunities.
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