Sugar Shack
The place
Sugar Shack in Peterborough County, Lakefield/Buckhorn area (Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada), at 283 m elevation, on the Canadian Shield in the Kawartha Lakes. Continuous Ontario Kawartha cluster (batches 250-371). A sugar shack reflecting maple syrup heritage (Acer saccharum, the sugar maple, iconic to Ontario/Quebec, producing 80% of the world's maple syrup, 12 million litres annually in 2024, a culinary heritage + Kawartha Highlands PP, 375 km², established 1966 + the Kawartha Lakes region, 250 lakes, the Trent-Severn Waterway, 386 km, built 1833-1920, a historic navigation and recreation canal + heritage of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg (an Algonquian people, Curve Lake First Nation, established 1900, speakers of Anishinaabemowin + Rice Lake wild rice, manoomin, Ojibwe heritage spanning 3000 years + Petroglyphs Provincial Park, established 1973, 900 rock carvings dated 8000-1500 BC + the Chief Serpent River Ojibwe treaty of 1836, land cession).
The setting
Peterborough Lakefield/Buckhorn Kawartha Highlands PP Ontario Canada 283 m Canadian Shield Kawartha Lakes, continuous cluster batches 250-371, sugar shack Acer saccharum sugar maple ON/QC 80% of world's syrup 12 million L/year 2024 heritage + KH PP 375 km² 1966 + Kawartha Lakes 250 lakes Trent-Severn Waterway 386 km 1833-1920 historic canal, Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg Algonquian Curve Lake FN 1900 Anishinaabemowin + Rice Lake manoomin Ojibwe 3000 years + Petroglyphs PP 1973 900 carvings 8000-1500 BC + Chief Serpent River Ojibwe treaty 1836.
