Maple Sugar Time Festival at Chellberg Farm!

Come join us at the historic Chellberg Farm for Maple Sugar Time! Please note this is the first day of daylight savings time. I will be volunteering inside the farm house, so let's meet outside at the front of the house near the porch. After introductions, Kathy will lead a hike to the historic Bailey cemetery, back to Bailey Homestead/Fur Trading Post, and then back to the farm to enjoy the festival. You will need a National Park pass to park either in the parking lot at the south or east ends of the farm. I look forward to seeing you there! -Eileen

From the Friends of the Dunes:
Enjoy a sweet taste of spring during the 49th annual Maple Sugar Time festival. Take a self-guided tour of the sugaring operation at historic Chellberg Farm which will be bustling with maple sugaring activities.

Learn how Miami and Potawatomi Tribes first boiled maple sap into sugar and how early settlers used large iron kettles to make syrup. While walking along the maple trail you will pass by the sugar shack where sap is still boiled down the way the Chellberg family did it back in the 1930s. You can even learn how to make maple syrup at home as well as how modern maple sugar farmers use advanced technology to make syrup today. Kids can learn how to tap a tree at the Maple Fun Zone and meet some of the farm animals.

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