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Sher⋅brooke

[shur-brook]
–noun
a city in S Quebec, in SE Canada. 76,804.
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Sher·brooke   (shûr'brŏŏk')   
A city of southern Quebec, Canada, on the St. François River east of Montreal. It is a trade and manufacturing center. Population: 147,000.
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Sherbrooke

city, Estrie region, southern Quebec province, Canada, at the confluence of the Magog and Saint-Francois rivers. It originated as a fur-trading post, about 75 miles (120 km) east of Montreal city and 30 miles (48 km) north of the Vermont, U.S., boundary, and later served as a grist-milling centre for loyalist farmers. In 1818 it was named after Sir John Sherbrooke, governor-general of Canada.

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