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Carte postale photographique anciennce, postée à Caplan River en 1907.

Carte postale, vers 1910. (Photo - collection privée) /
Early postcard, c.1910. (Photo - Private collection)

Sugaring Off: A Quebec Tradition -- 2011 QAHN Hometown Heritage Essay Contest Winner!

Did you know that maple syrup is the oldest agricultural product in Quebec? It all began with the Indigenous peoples who called it “Sweet Water.” When spring returned and the maple sap was running the Indigenous peoples offered the boiled thickened syrup as a sacrifice to the Great Spirit. “Sugaring off” was largely a woman’s function in Iroquois communities. The men cut notches into tree trunks and small wooden troughs were stuck into the bark.

Ancienne carte postale du village de Bonaventure (partie est) en Gaspésie.

Ancienne carte postale, publiée vers 1905. / Old postcard, published c. 1905.