Maple Madness

For more than 40 years, residents and visitors to the Cataraqui region have come out to our Sugar Bush at Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area to enjoy a variety of fun, family friendly maple activities, starting with a tractor-drawn wagon ride out through the forest to our working demonstration maple syrup processing facility to see how the sweet water from the sugar maple trees are harnessed and transformed into maple syrup. Once there, folks can enjoy various hands-on educational interpretive stations that show how trees are chosen and tapped, as well as how maple syrup has been refined and prepared throughout history, from the indigenous peoples who have inhabited these lands for thousands of years, through early European settlers up to today.
The highlight for most folks is, of course, a chance to sample some delicious, big fluffy pancakes drenched with piping hot maple syrup.
As in past years, Maple Madness takes place each weekend in March, beginning Saturday, March 7, and every day during March Break. The sugar bush opens and wagon rides back begin at 9 a.m. with the property closing at 4 p.m. As it takes an average of 1.5 hours for a visit, entries will be closed at 2:30 p.m. each day.
Online registration is required to visit Maple Madness.

You may also like the following events from Cataraqui Conservation:

• This Sunday, 1st March, 01:00 pm, Seniors Snowshoe Hike in Kingston
• Next Tuesday, 3rd March, 01:00 pm, 'A Taste of Forest Bathing' at Parrott's Bay Conservation Area - Loyalist Twp in Kingston
• This month, 16th March, 09:00 am, Maple Madness - March Break 2026 in Kingston

Also check out other Workshops in Kingston.