This 550-mile Coastal Road Trip Is One of Canada’s Most Beautiful—and Spring Brings a Centuries-old Indigenous Maple Tradition to Life

This 550-mile Coastal Road Trip Is One of Canada’s Most Beautiful—and Spring Brings a Centuries-old Indigenous Maple Tradition to Life

Centuries before modern farms and sugar houses, Indigenous Peoples collected sweet water and concentrated it into maple syrup.Maple taffy on snow at the Mytik Shack Sucré.Credit: Dany Vachon/Tourisme GaspésieCanada’s sugaring season is pure magic, falling in that narrow window of time between winter’s chill and the warmth of the coming season. As the days warm, the maple forest begins to awaken, sending sweet sap flowing through the trunks and b…