The Jakeman’s Family has had a long history of Maple Syrup production from the simple beginning as mixed farmers, taking care of cows, chickens, pigs and maple syrup, to the specialization of syrup only production. The history goes back over 140 years with 5 generations of farm families taking on the task to learn from the previous generation and perfect maple syrup to our finest blend. The Jakeman’s logo really took centre stage on our labelling by 1985 with the introduction of the curved Jakeman’s text and the pancake illustration. The use of the strong text element for the Jakeman’s...

In the summer we notice the growth and life in all the plants and trees around the Maple Farm. This includes our lovely Sugar Maples in front of our gift shop, which keeps looking stronger and more imposing with each year. A fun fact about the Sugar Maple is that they are a slow to medium growth tree. That means that they only grow less than 13 inches up to 24 inches a year, depending on age, location and environmental factors. These trees require 30 to 40 years to reach maturity which could result in a height of 60 – 75...