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The best thirst quencher

Black and white photograph: a person stands near a tree drinking maple sap (metal container). Another bucket and spout on the tree. Snowless landscape (end of the sugaring-off season).

Archives de la Côte-du-Sud, J.-Émile Beaulieu Collection.

A man savours freshly collected maple sap directly from a metal bucket. The ground, bare of snow, indicates that spring is nearing its end, like the sugaring off season.