ACKNOWLED GEMENT®S 6 6 6 W: would like to acknowledge the assistance of the volunteers who distributed surveys during the Maple Sugar Festival. In particular, we wish to highlight the tremendous contributions of Dilan Koselar and Valérie Mermet who worked tirelessly during the three days to ensure sufficient surveys were collected. We would also like to thank Festival director Nicole Langlois for her timely assistance during the course of the study. Document layout: Agnes Untz (Oranda Design). Funding for this study was provided by Western Economic Diversification. E ay Diversification de l'économie Western Economic de f Quest Canada Diversification Canada Naitaimo Maple Sugar Festival 2004: 4 study of ccononric and non-economic impacts on tie Nanaimo area 1