- Dates
- circa 1968-03 – circa 1968-04
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationagriculturecommunityenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
As an early-spring school project, Beaver Island students tapped several maples around the school, collected about 85 gallons of sap, and boiled it in a large copper kettle on the playground. The Beaver Beacon reported that the project produced about three and a half gallons of syrup.
Evidence and limits
The production figures come from the newspaper feature. It does not provide a production log, exact tree locations, or a complete account of the participants.
Sources
- Reports students tapping maples around the school, collecting about 85 gallons of sap, and producing about three and a half gallons of syrup; it does not provide a production log or exact tree locations.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published school project report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island School students make maple syrup, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-maple-syrup-project-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1968, “School Activities.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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