Maple Days

Sap was boiled all the way to maple sugar
Young visitors learn more about maple sugaring at OSV
Collecting sap in a log trough
Here's a close up of the tin skimmer.
Here's a close-up of the shoulder yoke.
OSV Discovery campers tap a maple tree with an auger
Here's what a 1830s style auger looks like
Hollow sumac spiles are used to direct sap into troughs
Pouring sap from trough to bucket
Sap was boiled all the way to maple sugar
Skimming sap
The sugar camp at OSV
Tin skimmes, pine bucket, and sumac spiles for maple sugaring
A shoulder yoke made carrying heavy sap easier.
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