March
is maple syrup season at Chippewa Nature Center! Throughout
the month, we tap sugar maple trees in the beech-maple woods
and collect sap in metal buckets. Each day, sap is hauled to
the sugarhouse where we boil it into 100% pure maple syrup.
In 2008, we made more than 48 gallons of syrup in our
modern, wood-fired evaporator pan inside the sugarhouse.
Check out this
video for a review of the 2007 maple syrup season.
Our
log sugarhouse was originally built by Nicholas Shoff in
1868 as a home for his family. In 1978, volunteers
dismantled the building on its original location near Clare,
Michigan and transported it to Chippewa Nature Center.
Rebuilt into a sugarhouse, a cupola was added to the roof
for steam to escape during the sap boiling process.
The
sugarhouse is open to visitors every Saturday and Sunday in
March from 1:30–4:30pm. Here, you can chat with a staff
member as you watch maple syrup being made and take a
walking tour of the sugarbush. We also invite you to visit
during our Maple Syrup Day festival, held the third Saturday
in March each year. Please see the
calendar for detailed program descriptions.
March
is maple syrup season at Chippewa Nature Center! Throughout
the month, we tap sugar maple trees in the beech-maple woods
and collect sap in metal buckets. Each day, sap is hauled to
the sugarhouse where we boil it into 100% pure maple syrup.
In 2008, we made more than 48 gallons of syrup in our
modern, wood-fired evaporator pan inside the sugarhouse.
Check out this 
Our
log sugarhouse was originally built by Nicholas Shoff in
1868 as a home for his family. In 1978, volunteers
dismantled the building on its original location near Clare,
Michigan and transported it to Chippewa Nature Center.
Rebuilt into a sugarhouse, a cupola was added to the roof
for steam to escape during the sap boiling process.
The
sugarhouse is open to visitors every Saturday and Sunday in
March from 1:30–4:30pm. Here, you can chat with a staff
member as you watch maple syrup being made and take a
walking tour of the sugarbush. We also invite you to visit
during our Maple Syrup Day festival, held the third Saturday
in March each year. Please see the