Giizhigat Maple Products

Giizhigat Maple Products is 100% Indigenous owned and operated by the husband & wife team, Isaac Day and Deborah Aaron. Isaac is Anishinaabe (Ojibway) from Serpent River First Nation while Deborah is Kanyen' keha':ka (Mohawk) from Six Nations of the Grand River.

When the couple purchased a farm on St. Joseph Island in the Great Lakes region of Ontario, they realized the farm presented an opportunity for them given the abundance of maple trees on the property.

Isaac and Deborah began learning about and researching how to make maple syrup. They had a neighbour who used to own a maple syrup business, who also helped guide them along. The couple finally had their first maple run in 2015.

There are currently about 3000 taps on the property with Isaac and Deborah planning to set aside about 50 trees to collect sap in the Traditional way to create more of a tourism business once the pandemic subsides.

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