In New England Indigenous peoples were the first to gather maple sap to make syrup and sugar and they shared their knowledge with the area’s European settlers. In the early spring, a cut was made in the tree and a bucket was hung under it to collect the dripping sap. Then it was boiled down to make syrup and sugar. Today, plastic bags replacing sap buckets or tubing that runs from tree to tree are used to collect sap.
Sap Bucket. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1914-16-05/. Accessed on December 8, 2024.
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