The history of maple sugaring in the North Country is extensive
but did you know, one of the most common pieces of equipment to
make maple syrup was created in the Adirondacks? Our Brian Dwyer
has more from Tupper Lake. To view our videos, you need to
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and refresh the page. FRANKLIN COUNTY, N.Y. -- "Down at the turn
of the 19th century, a gentleman named A.A. Low came to the
Adirondacks, Hitchins Pond and he started a forestry operation.
He started maple sugaring,” said Wild Center Facilities Manager
David St. Onge. St. Onge, said, “He was a pretty innovative kind
of guy and two of the gentlemen that were working for him
actually created a new type of evaporator for making maple
syrup. It's a continuous flow where sap comes in one end and on
the other end maple syrup comes out. That was the first time it
was done. It's the way we do it now here at the Wild Center."
A.A. Low created the Horse Shoe Forestry company and as part of
it produced 20,000