Purple Woods
Maple Syrup Festival

Pancakes Brand: Pearl Milling Company (Formerly Aunt Jemima) Ingredients: Wheat flour, corn flour, sugar, modified milk ingredients, monocalcium phosphate, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, salt wheat gluten, glucose solids, modified corn starch, colour. NOTE: CONTAINS WHEAT AND MILK INGREDIENTS Gluten-free Pancakes Brand: President’s Choice, Gluten-Free Pancake Mix Ingredients: Tapioca starch, modified potato starch, white corn flour, sugars (sugar, dextrose), sodium cellulose, xanthan gum, salt, monocalcium phosphate, natural flavour, corn starch. NOTE: WATER, EGGS AND BUTTER ADDED TO THE MIX Maple Pork Sausages Source: Halenda’s Fine Foods Ltd. – Pork Sausages Ingredients: Pork, water, toasted wheat crumb, sugar, salt, spices, paprika extract, sodium diacitate NOTE: Sausages for the Purple Woods Maple Syrup Festival have also been made with Purple Woods Maple Syrup!

All sales are final unless we close the Festival due to extreme weather in which case a refund will be processed to your original form of payment.

All sales are final unless we close the Festival due to extreme weather in which case a refund will be processed to your original form of payment.

Our building and washrooms are fully accessible and are conveniently located at the top of the hill. We do offer a shuttle service up and down the hill for visitors with mobility needs (available on request). We regret that access down or up the hill is not suitable for motorized wheelchairs due to trail conditions.

No. Pay and display parking at Purple Woods Conservation Area is not applicable during the Maple Syrup Festival hours.

Sorry, only service animals are permitted at the Maple Syrup Festival. After Festival hours, leashed dogs are allowed at Purple Woods Conservation Area.

Purple Woods Conservation Area is on the crest of the Oak Ridges Moraine and the weather is usually cooler and windier. Where there is mud, there is sap! Our natural trail and grounds change with the season so please bring sturdy footwear.

No, we sell products containing nuts in our Heritage Store.

The wagon rides are at the bottom of the hill. You pay the operator directly. They accept cash only.

It takes us approximately three hours to clean, restock, repair items and prepare for the next day.

You can learn more about Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority's 50-year history of making maple syrup at Purple Woods Conservation Area and how this annual Festival came to be, as well as our maple syrup-making process by clicking here.(https://www.cloca.com/post/we-ve-produced-over-32-metric-tonnes-of-maple-syrup-at-purple-woods-over-the-past-50-years-and-we-r)