About this Course

GRANDMOTHER KIM WHEATLEY WILL NOW BE SPEAKING ON MARCH 23, POSTPOSED FROM MARCH 16. Experience the Canadian tradition of maple syrup production through interactive demonstrations and kids activities at Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Explore the outdoors as you take a wagon ride to the sugarbush. End your visit with a pancake breakfast with real maple syrup and a treat from the Park Store. For a limited time get $3 off per ticket: Get your tickets before prices go up. Sale ends February 23 or when early bird tickets sell out. Credit Valley Park Passholders receive an additional 15 per cent off. Daily Family-friendly Activities • Sweetwater Discovery: Learn about possible ways that Indigenous Peoples may have made syrup and sugar from maple sap • Settled into Spring: Watch historical demonstrations of how settlers created maple syrup • The Tool Shoppe: Don’t miss this interactive demonstration of both traditional and modern tools used for making maple syrup. • New! The Maple Hills Sugarbush: Explore the sugarbush and watch how sap is collected. • The Sugar Shack: See we how maple syrup is made using modern techniques • Fireside Chats: Learn about Indigenous culture from Traditional Helpers (Oshkabewis) and a Fire Keeper through storytelling and song • New! Solve the Maple Mystery Challenge of which of Terra Cotta’s woodland animals has been sipping all the sap in the sugarbush • New! Enjoy a wagon ride to the sugarbush to see how sap is collected from sugar maple trees • Go on a maple-themed storybook walk along the Wetland Trail • Play in the Family Activities Area with giant games • New! Make maple memories at the Photobooth and Selfie Station • New! Get creative with the Maple Mural Colouring Activity • New! Face painting for all ages • Try warm maple taffy • Fill up at the Pancake House Arrive anytime between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. We recommend 1.5 to 3 hours for the full experience. Peak visitation is between 11a.m. to 2p.m.