{"id":10075,"date":"2021-02-26T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erablechagnon.com\/historique\/"},"modified":"2021-11-24T21:37:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T02:37:23","slug":"historic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/erablechagnon.com\/en\/historic\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n
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The history of the sugar bush<\/b>\n <\/h1>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n
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First generation<\/b>\n <\/h3>\n

The story\nbegan in the late 30s with the arrival of Rolland Chagnon in St-F\u00e9lix-de\nKingsey to establish his family on a dairy farm and start a maple grove with\nabout 1,500 taps on his first site. In the mid-1940s, out of passion and love\nfor maple syrup production, Rolland Chagnon expanded to a second site with around\n3,000 taps.  <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Second generation<\/b>\n
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In 1965,\nthe eldest member of the Rosaire family, a young married man, took over the\nmaple grove and operated the 3,000-tap site with the help of his wife, Pauline.\nAt the beginning of the 80s, the couple changed to tubing and added the 1,500-tap\nsite, making a total of 4,500 taps. Rosaire and his wife are members of the\nCitadelle Maple Syrup Cooperative. They also sold maple products directly to\nconsumers at the Drummondville public market from 1965 to 1988.\n  
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They sold many\ndelicious products such as syrup in bottles and on sticks, hard and soft sugar,\nmaple sugar candies, soft sugar in containers, maple butter, taffy and maple\njelly. They were present every Friday at the market, and it was there, at a\nvery young age, that their son, Yves, had his first experience offering maple\nproducts to passersby. His passion for seeing satisfied customers was very\nprobably born at that moment!\n  
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The sale of\nmaple products lasted until 1998 \u2013 that is, until the famous ice storm that\nmade the headlines in Quebec. This chilling event interrupted commercial activities\nbecause of the damage caused to a large area of the maple grove.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Third generation<\/b>\n
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A few years\nlater, in 2014, time had healed the sugar bush, their son, Yves, restarted\noperations by building a new cabin and installing new equipment. From now on,\nall installations will be certified as organic. The first production season happened\nin 2015, and in 2016, they obtained organic certification from Ecocert.\n  
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Production\nstarted gradually with only 1,400 taps at the beginning. In 2017, production\nincreased to 1,800 taps, and since 2020, production has increased 3,500 taps.\n  
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Because of quota\nrequirements, the entire production from the 2015 to 2019 seasons was sold\nexclusively to the Citadelle Maple Syrup Cooperative.\n  
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But,\nfortunately, the increase in production in 2020 finally opened up the option to\nreconsider selling directly to the public once again. After all these years, the\nChagnon family is very happy to offer its delicious range of magnificent maple products\nproduced with a passion, for the world to enjoy.  
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Syrup,\nmaple butter, taffy and many other delicious products made in harmony with\nnature are now available on the website or directly from the family store in\nSt-F\u00e9lix-de-Kingsey. It will be a real pleasure to watch folks enjoying them\nagain!
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 The story\ncontinues, and we\u2019d love you to be part of it!  
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Discover our maple products<\/h2>\n

Different, sought-after products, all sweetened till they taste like heaven \u2013 that's what we offer! We hope you get as much pleasure in tasting them as we get from making them. Enjoy!<\/p>\n see OUR PRODUCTS<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n \n \n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The history of the sugar bush First generation The story began in the late 30s with the arrival of Rolland Chagnon in St-F\u00e9lix-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 … Continue reading “Historic”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erablechagnon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erablechagnon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erablechagnon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erablechagnon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erablechagnon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10075"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/erablechagnon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10225,"href":"https:\/\/erablechagnon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10075\/revisions\/10225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erablechagnon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}