In the 1840's John Fulton and his two brothers emigrated to Canada from East Kilbride, Scotland. They settled near the village of Pakenham in the small settlement of Cedar Hill. Their descendants still live on the original farms. It is assumed that the three Fulton brothers learned the art of maple syrup making from other settlers and the aboriginal people. Many of the older trees (200+ years) in the sugar bush have been tapped every year since the 1800's as successive generations have continued the practice of maple syrup and sugar making.

In the 1960's Shirley and John both moved off the farm. Shirley trained and worked as a registered nurse, John as a welder and young Ross decided to take over the family farm. But in 1980 Ross tragically drowned at the age of 19. Shirley, George and their young family moved back to the farm after his death and the business passed from the elderly Leonard to daughter Shirley. Three years later Leonard passed away. Hazel resided for many years in a local retirement home and faithfully dipped her bread in her favourite light maple syrup every night at bed. She passed away peacefully in October 2002 and left her family with many fond memories and historic family photos.