Sugar shack

For other uses of the phrase "sugar shack", see Sugar shack (disambiguation).
For other uses of the phrase "sugar house", see Sugar house (disambiguation).
A sugar shack, where sap is boiled down to maple syrup.

A sugar shack (French: cabane à sucre), also known as sap house, sugar house, sugar shanty or sugar cabin is an establishment, primarily found in Eastern Canada and northern New England. Sugar shacks are small cabins or groups of cabins where sap collected from maple trees is boiled into maple syrup. They are often found on the same territory as the sugar bush, which is intended for cultivation and production of maple syrup by way of craftsmanship (as opposed to global mass production factories built for that purpose in the 20th century).[1]

  1. ^ Spencer, James Burns (1913). The Maple Sugar Industry in Canada. Bulletin No. 2 B. Ottawa: Dominion of Canada, Department of Agriculture. pp. 21–25. Retrieved September 14, 2022 – via Google Books.