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Maple Sugarin' at Breakheart



3/18/2012

Maple Sugarin' at Breakheart
Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: DCR Breakheart Reservation
Type: Fun     Price per Person: $4.00
Description:
Much of Maple Sugaring today is the same as it was three hundred years ago; rooted in methods the early settlers learned from the Native Americans. Nor has the great amount of time and effort involved in producing maple syrup diminished over the years. You too can participate in Breakheart Reservation?s annual Maple Sugarin? on Sunday March 18th from 10am ? 2pm. Tour the History Section, Tree Identification activity, Tap a Maple, watch the Evaporator at work in the Sugar Shack, and best of all, Taste the Results! A $4 admission will support the program, used directly for the equipment you will see in action. Breakheart Reservation is located at 177 Forest St., off the LynnFells Parkway near US Rt. 1 in Saugus
[Phone] 781 233 0834,