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Transporting maple sap

Sepia photograph: transporting maple sap in snowy winter woods. Four men in a snow-covered forest (bare maple trees). Right: a horse is harnessed to a wooden sleigh (large wooden barrel lying down).

Archives de la Côte-du-Sud, Noël Blanchet Collection.

A horse is harnessed to transport a large barrel containing maple sap. The wooden barrel is attached to a sleigh (also called a “sled”) that is designed to glide over the snow. In the back, there are four sugar makers.