Festival Information

Located inside the Elmvale Arena gates, the Sugar Shack is the first place to stop for answers to any question you may have about the day at the festival. Be sure to pick up your copy of the Festival Guide.

Free bus transportation to the Sugar Bush is available, catch the bus near the Sugar Shack. Thank you to Tim & Peggy Lalonde for sponsoring this years transportation.

Lost & Found Location
Find something? Bring it to the Sugar Shack and we’ll do our best to find the owner.
Lost something? Check-in in at the Sugar Shack. If it’s been found this is where it will be.

Here’s how to find us • Take Hwy 400 north to Barrie- Bayfield Street. Continue north on Bayfield out of Barrie. Bayfield is now County Road #27 (formerly Highway 27), Continue on #27 for 20 km. ( You’ll cross the Horseshoe Valley Rd.) At the road to Wasaga Beach (County Rd.#92/Queen St.) you have arrived in Elmvale.

Local Schools & Churches have agreed to allow parking on their property.  For more information regarding these locations please refer to the “Festival Map” provided online.

Springwater Township will be enforcing no parking along the west side of Amelia Street, the south side of Stone Street, and the north side of William Street.

The streets will be clearly marked by the Township as tow-away zones and this will be strictly enforced on Festival day. Special event parking lots throughout the village will be well marked. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to approach one of our volunteers.

Parking guides will help you find a spot for the day.

So what does that mean? Well, in this business it means we have to wait for Mother Nature to decide when it is time for making maple syrup. She decides
when to give us the perfect weather conditions to allow the trees to release their sap for gathering.
We need cold nights and sunny days and with the freezing and thawing temperatures typically happening in March of each year, sometimes she surprises us with these conditions earlier than we expect.

Last year she kept us on our toes as the temperatures were ideal towards the end of February. We definitely didn’t expect that and we were scrambling to get our trees tapped for the bounty that we consider part of our livelihood, aside from the lumber that we sell. We did manage to get tapped in time and had a wonderful crop for the year.

We usually make 1000 + gallons of syrup each spring, so we do have products year round. For all those who think they can only get our delicious maple  syrup in the spring, it is always available at our location: 1355, Flos Rd 8 East, Elmvale. We also offer a variety of maple syrup based treats.

It is truly a family affair, so be sure to stop by our booth at the Maple Syrup Festival, and hop on the school bus near the arena to visit our operation and
see how syrup is made. We’ll be happy to show you around.

We hope you enjoy your day at the festival and tell all your friends.