Deerhurst Resort

Embracing Peninsula Lake, Deerhurst Resort is your year-round retreat to Ontario’s famous “cottage country” lifestyle in Muskoka. Find your ideal mix of modern accommodations, value packages, year-round activities and special events, perfect for everything from family vacations or a weekend break to an interactive meetings with 45,000 sq. ft. of meetings space.

Featuring on-site restaurants, spas, meeting facilities, golf courses and recreation facilities, Deerhurst Resort is your perfect year-round destination.

Deerhurst’s Maple Discovery Trail:

Make your way along an interpretative trail leading from the sugar bush pump house at the bottom of the hill, up through the maple woods to the Deerhurst Sugar Shack at the top. Along the way guests can follow the story of how maple syrup is made, gather ‘Fun Facts’ to answer our Maple Syrup quiz then enjoy a sweet maple treat at the sugar shack around the campfire

DEERHURST MAPLE SUGAR SHACK EXPERIENCE

Includes syrup making demonstrations and a sweet maple treat by the campfire:

• March Break (March 12 – 19, 2022): Daily 1 – 3pm
• March 20 to May 1, 2022: Saturdays & Sundays 1 – 3pm
• Easter Weekend (April 15 – 17, 2022): Daily 1 – 3pm (For resort guests only)

The Maple Discover Trail brings you to the Deerhurst Maple Sugar Shack (which you can also drive to), where guests can step into the past to witness the old-fashioned spile and bucket method of collecting sap, learn the history of making syrup, see how a modern evaporator works and best of all, taste a sample of delicious warm syrup created right there!

MAPLE SYRUP CULINARY CREATIONS

This is also the time of year, Executive Chef, Rory Golden, who has championed the Deerhurst Maple Sugar Shack for almost 30 years, delights with delectable maple specials on all the resort menus.

• Yellow Split Pea Soup | Maple cured bacon, spiced crème fraiche, herb oil
• Lolla Rossa and Baby Kale | Maple pickled baby golden beets, apple chips, candied pecans, balsamic-maple-mustard vinaigrette
• Smoked Poached Atlantic Salmon | Brushed with ginger-soy-maple marinade, confit fingerling potatoes, root vegetable slaw, bok choy, pink peppercorn beurre blanc sauce
• Braised Lamb Shank | Maple whipped goat cheese, port wine soaked figs, scallion mash potatoes, vegetable medley, herb – pearl onion reduction
• Maple Dessert Tasting | Maple flavoured butter tart, individual cheesecake with cranberry chutney, maple – espresso crème brule
• Maple French Toast Breakfast Poutine
• Classic french toast sticks with maple cream sauce, fresh strawberries, whipped cream and shaved Belgian chocolate

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