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Elmira Maple Syrup Festival
2019
Elmira Ontario: 6th April 2019
Festival History
On April 10, 1965, Elmira celebrated its first Maple
Syrup Festival. It was a warm and inviting day and all roads led to Elmira;
the ladies were ready at their camp stoves and electric
griddles, ready to serve pancakes and maple syrup to a crowd of hopefully
2,500.
To everyone’s great surprise, 10,000 people made their
way to Elmira that first year to savour the sweet taste of spring!
And so, our Festival grew… and grew… and grew.
Thanks to our visitors from all over the world – Australia,
Europe, Mexico, the USA, Canada, and even the North Pole – the Elmira Maple
Syrup Festival has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records
as the World’s Largest Single Day Maple Syrup Festival with 66,529 people
attending!
Photographs by Bob VE3IXX
Paul VA3PDC and Ted VE3TRQ preparing
the station
Tony VE3DWI and Ted VE3TRQ putting
up the vertical antenna
Frank VA3FJM operating the ONTARS net at 8 am with
Ken VE3KCY looking on.
Left to Right: VE3TRQ
TED Paul VA3PDC Reg VE3RVH (behind Paul)
Ken VE3KCY (at controls)
Jim VE3JMU and Bob VE3IXX (staff photographer)
Dan VA3SQD with Tony VE3DWI Dan's XYL Anik
with Ted VE3TRQ
and Frank VA3FJM operating the station.
Achievements of the club.
Brian VA3DXK current club president with Jim
VE3JMU
Visitors with Reg VE3RVH and Tony VE3DWI
Jim VE3JMU with Ted VE3TRQ
Al VA3TET Lighthouse coordinator.
Frank VA3FJM
Ted VE3TRQ with Tom VE3DXQ
Ted VE3TRQ using a Rig Expert analyzer to check out antenna
systems.
Kirk VA3KXS with friend.
Two young potential hams with Frank VA3FJM
Tony VE3DWI Tom VE3DXQ
and Ken VE3KCY (operating) with Paul VA3PDC assisting.
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