Ziibaakdakaan Maple
Cape Croker
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Neyaashiinigmiing, ON
Rooted in Our Culture
Award Winning

SOLD OUT until Maple Season 2025

Thanks to our amazing customers, we have sold out of maple syrup again for this year!
( We have a few bottles left in the office )

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for your continued patronage.

Please check back in March 2025. We are looking forward to another stellar year of maple syrup production.


Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Holiday Season and all the best in 2025!

Digital Gift Cards are always available

Our Sugarbush

reviving a rich cultural tradition

Ziibaakdakaan means "sugar bush" in Ojibwe

The Chippewas of Nawash have produced maple syrup for feasting, ceremony and trade at this exact location for centuries.

Today, Ziibaakdakaan Maple provides employment opportunities for community members, and supports Cape Croker Park in Neyaashiinigmiing, Ontario.
We are excited to be reviving our traditions, and to be sharing our heritage with you!
Ziibaakdakaan MapleNanabush and the Maple Trees

The Legend of Nanabush &
the Maple Trees

The legend of Nanabush and the Maple Trees comes down to our Ojibwe people through oral history.

Nanabush is a cultural hero, who is a teacher of humanity.

We are told that when the world was new, maple trees were filled with syrup, and that the people collect the syrup very easily.

This made the people in the villages lazy, so Nanabush poured water into the tops of the maple trees, to thin out the syrup.

Now, to make maple syrup, we must work very hard.

In this way, Nanabush teaches us to appreciate the gift of maple syrup which is given to us by the Creator.

By and For the Community

Many people are discovering what our people have long known: maple syrup is very good for your health!

Maple syrup is high in minerals, lower in calories than many other sweeteners and can be used for cooking and baking.
Our production practices have changed over time, however our core values have not.
  • Our maple syrup is made for the benefit of our community, by our community members
  • Elders and youth play a special role in maintaining and passing on our maple sugar harvesting stories and traditions
  • Our forest is carefully managed by the Cape Croker Park staff
  • All the firewood used to produce the syrup is sustainably harvested from our own forests
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