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MAPLE SUGARING, WILDLIFE VIEWING & PHOTOGRAPHY
MAPLE SUGARING
April’s Maple produces delicious maple syrup products throughout the year on
their 800-acre farm just over the border in Vermont. Their café is open daily
(except for Tuesday) for lunch and dessert. The café menu features maple
in every item so bring your sweet tooth! Try the Maple Cremee, a soft serve
maple ice cream treat or the sinfully delicious Maple Ice Cream Sandwich,
made with homemade Snickerdoodle cookies. For a hearty appetite, try their
sliders. Everything at the café is homemade and made fresh to order!
WHERE TO FIND MAPLE DISHES AND DRINKS
Maple syrup doesn’t just pair with a stack of pancakes or waffles. Many of the
local restaurants and pubs in the North Country offer creative maple dishes
and drinks on their menus to celebrate this sweet, locally-produced product.
SILVIO O. CONTE
NATIONAL FISH AND
WILDLIFE REFUGE
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The Nulhegan Basin Division
is located in the most remote
part of Vermont in the towns
of Bloomfield, Brunswick,
Ferdinand, and Lewis. The Division
headquarters and visitor contact station is
located in Brunswick (about 10 miles east of
Island Pond). Refuge lands consist of more
than 26,600 acres of conifer and deciduous
forest interspersed with forested wetlands,
peatlands and shrub swamps, and contains
three of the four tributaries of the Nulhegan
River. These lands are nested within a
working forest landscape exceeding 150,000
acres. Located just a few miles south of the
Canadian border, the basin’s vegetation
most closely resembles that of the northern
Appalachian Mountains.
PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS
The ponds, lakes, and rivers of the North Country are excellent photo subjects
and a favorite of many area photographers. Most of these waterscapes are
easy to access, but some do require a hike. Tip: Photograph in the golden
hours, meaning the hour just after sunrise or the hour just before sunset, as the
water tends to be calmer and also lighting is the best!
WWW.NORTHCOUNTRYCHAMBER.ORG
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