DCHP-2

sugar shack Sugar Shack DCHP-2 (July 2016)

• 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: sugar-hut  cabane à sucre  

  • 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. 
  • 2013  Quebec's maple-syrup syndicate is cracking down on rogue sugar shacks, seizing the sweet-tooth assets of producers who are alleged to be flouting the province's strict regulation of sap.