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The story began in the late 30s with the arrival of Rolland Chagnon in St-Félix-de Kingsey to establish his family on a dairy farm and start a maple grove with about 1,500 taps on his first site. In the mid-1940s, out of passion and love for maple syrup production, Rolland Chagnon expanded to a second site with around 3,000 taps.
In 1965, the eldest member of the Rosaire family, a young married man, took over the maple grove and operated the 3,000-tap site with the help of his wife, Pauline. At the beginning of the 80s, the couple changed to tubing and added the 1,500-tap site, making a total of 4,500 taps. Rosaire and his wife are members of the Citadelle Maple Syrup Cooperative. They also sold maple products directly to consumers at the Drummondville public market from 1965 to 1988. They sold many delicious products such as syrup in bottles and on sticks, hard and soft sugar, maple sugar candies, soft sugar in containers, maple butter, taffy and maple jelly. They were present every Friday at the market, and it was there, at a very young age, that their son, Yves, had his first experience offering maple products to passersby. His passion for seeing satisfied customers was very probably born at that moment! The sale of maple products lasted until 1998 – that is, until the famous ice storm that made the headlines in Quebec. This chilling event interrupted commercial activities because of the damage caused to a large area of the maple grove.
A few years later, in 2014, time had healed the sugar bush, their son, Yves, restarted operations by building a new cabin and installing new equipment. From now on, all installations will be certified as organic. The first production season happened in 2015, and in 2016, they obtained organic certification from Ecocert. Production started gradually with only 1,400 taps at the beginning. In 2017, production increased to 1,800 taps, and since 2020, production has increased 3,500 taps. Because of quota requirements, the entire production from the 2015 to 2019 seasons was sold exclusively to the Citadelle Maple Syrup Cooperative. But, fortunately, the increase in production in 2020 finally opened up the option to reconsider selling directly to the public once again. After all these years, the Chagnon family is very happy to offer its delicious range of magnificent maple products produced with a passion, for the world to enjoy. Syrup, maple butter, taffy and many other delicious products made in harmony with nature are now available on the website or directly from the family store in St-Félix-de-Kingsey. It will be a real pleasure to watch folks enjoying them again! The story continues, and we’d love you to be part of it!
Different, sought-after products, all sweetened till they taste like heaven – that's what we offer! We hope you get as much pleasure in tasting them as we get from making them. Enjoy!