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Another record-breaking year for annual Dewar family maple syrup auction

April 12, 2023

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dewar-syrup1 — The Dewar family syrup auction raised a record $4,650 through bids and donations for the Northern Cancer Foundation. This years winning bid for the first litre of maple syrup was ‘The Wild Hogs,’ a group of Manitoulin Secondary School high school buddies whose winning bid was $2,100. Members of the team included Rob Scott, Roger Hammond, Bryn Casson, Gordon Smith, John Gilchrist, Scott McDougall, Oliver Grigull, Lee Hayden and Jed Graham. In photo Karen McDougall presents the donation cheque to Travis Dewar with other members of the team, their spouses and Karlene Scott, the teams bidding agent in photo.

PROVIDENCE BAY—Once again, the annual Dewar family sugar shack syrup auction has been a record setting one, with the winning bid for the first litre of maple syrup produced this year being significantly higher than any previous auction. “It was certainly a very entertaining year, and everyone’s bids made it a very successful year,” stated […]

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Tom Sasvari https://www.manitoulin.com

Tom Sasvari serves as the West Manitoulin news editor for The Expositor. Mr. Sasvari is a graduate of North Bay’s Canadore College School of Journalism and has been employed on Manitoulin Island, at the Manitoulin West Recorder, and now the Manitoulin Expositor, for more than a quarter-century. Mr. Sasvari is also an active community volunteer. His office is in Gore Bay.