Ontario Spring Summer Travel News, Activities, Getaways

Wye Marsh March Fun Continues Midland, Tay Township Ontario Canada………..March 19, 2009 – Wye Marsh offers fun, affordable and enjoyable activities for everyone during March. The Sweetwater Maple Syrup Harvest Festival takes place............

Algonquin Park Lakeside Inn Offers New Wildlife Experience and Birding Packages Press release from: Algonquin Lakeside Inn - Dwight, Ontario – For over a century, Algonquin Provincial Park, located approximately two and a half hours north of Toronto, has been a favourite destination for wildlife and nature enthusiasts, as well as artists and photographers. It is a protected wilderness sanctuary of majestic forests, lakes, rivers and wetlands.

Maple Syrup report March 17, 2009- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture. Weather forecasts for the upcoming week suggest good sap flow may occur early in the week and again by the coming weekend. Maple producers can check for new sap flow each day where temperatures warm to around plus 5 C degrees C higher, following freezing nights. Where new sap flow is forecast, try to process previously collected sap from storage tanks as soon as possible to ensure storage for additional sap is available. Maple producers can be caught off guard for sap storage where large sap flow events occur. See maple syrup fesitvals and related maple activities. See the entire report from the Ministry of Agriculture at http://apps.omafra.gov.on.ca/scripts/english/crops/agriphone/article.asp?ID=1644

Muskoka Inn Features “Fawlty Towers “Getaway Package Port Severn, Muskoka Ontario.................March, 2009. Aficionados of the popular British comedy series Fawlty Towers will be in their element during the “Very Fawlty Dinner” event March 28 at The Inn at Christie’s Mill. Visitors can select from the dinner only package, or stay overnight and enjoy the fun filled evening. Overnight packages start at $309 per couple per night and include your room, a 5 course meal for 2, breakfast for 2 and of course the crazy evening.

The Norsemen Restaurant WINE TASTING DINNER Saturday May 2, 2009 20% off Cottage Rates for people participating in the Wine Tasting Dinner. Internationally renowned Sommelier Alan Marginean and Chef Harvey Cross have teamed up to develop a spectacular five course dinner paired with wines selected from around the world to deliver the perfect food/wine match.

Couples Weekend Retreat April 17-19, 2009 The Briars Resort & Spa is again offering a unique “Experience” weekend this April 17-19, 2009. This Retreat is focused on Couples who want to get away and re-connect with each other, enjoy great meals, slow down life’s pace and have a little fun. The Briars is located only one hour from Toronto on beautiful Lake Simcoe.

Maple Syrup Festivals-a Spring Tradition north of Toronto

See first hand the boiling of the sap, (sweet water) and the making of the maple syrup. Enjoy fun family events at any one of the maple syrup spring festivals listed below. More than a dozen Maple Syrup Festivals are taking place some as early as the end of February

Recent news about Maple Syrup production from the Haliburton-Kawarthas Maple Syrup Producer indicates that start dates have moved earlier into the beginning of March.
Photo: Sap Buckets being prepared for the harvest.

Some areas of the province in more moderate climate regions amy even start earlier.

Maple syrup starts running when the temperature during the day is +5 C, and during the night
drops to -5 C.