Tag: Sugar Shack

Jeff Gaye Spring (such as it is) is sugaring-off time in maple bush country, and the cabane à sucre, or sugar shack, is an important part of French Canadian culture. The Bonnyville – Cold Lake region of ACFA, the French Canadian association in Alberta, teamed up with the Town of Bonnyville to offer a cabane […]

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The Bonnyville – Cold Lake chapter of l’Association Canadienne-Française de l’Alberta (ACFA) welcomed the community to its annual “sugar shack” celebration on Saturday.  The springtime sugaring-off tradition coincides with Francophone Month, which is celebrated everyMarch by French-speaking people around the world. This year is especially significant for the Bonnyville – Cold Lake ACFA chapter as […]

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