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sugar shack
DCHP-2 (Jul 2016)
Spelling variants:Sugar Shack
n. — especially Quebec
a cabin where maple sap is boiled into syrup and usually served to tourists.
Type: 4. Culturally Significant — Although sugar shacks can be found in the northeastern United States as well, they have a strong association with rural Quebec and, to a much lesser extent, Ontario. In Canada, the term is used most frequently in Quebec (see Chart 1). The term is an English equivalent of cabane à sucre, with sugar-hut or sugar hut being the historical Canadian English term.
See also COD-2, s.v. "sugar shack"(2), which is marked "esp. Que", and Gage-5, s.v. "sugar shack", which is marked "Cdn".
See also COD-2, s.v. "sugar shack"(2), which is marked "esp. Que", and Gage-5, s.v. "sugar shack", which is marked "Cdn".
Quotations
1969
We've built an authentic looking reproduction of an Ontario sugar shack and filled it with all of the flats and moulds used to make maple syrup and sugar.
1979
[...] but complaints from residents about some of the all-night partying that goes with such popular attractions as the sugar shack and the slide have led carnival organizers to spread the events around - something which wouldn't have been a problem if the shuttle bus was running.
1984
Checks on abandoned houses and a sugar shack in this rural district near the Quebec-Vermont border failed to turn up any trace of James and Linwood Briley who, between them, have been convicted of nine murders in the Richmond, Va., area.
1996
In fact, here in Quebec, rare is the restaurant that offers solely traditional French-Canadian cuisine, with the exception of specialized, folkloric spots or sugar shacks patronized mainly by European tourists.
2007
Garden-grown herbs and veggies are used whenever possible, as is their own honey and apple cider, and maple syrup that they tap and boil down at the Sugar Shack, a short hike from the main buildings.
References
- COD-2
- Gage-5
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