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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Sherbrooke
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a city and port of entry of Quebec, Canada, and capital of Sherbrooke county, ioi m. E. of Montreal, at the confluence of the rivers Magog and St Francis, and on the Grand Trunk, Canadian Pacific, Quebec Central and Boston & Maine railways. Pop. (1901) 11,765. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishopric and of the district courts, and contains manufactories of woollen and cotton goods and machinery, also saw and grist mills. It derives its name from Sir John Coape Sherbrooke (1764-1830), who from 1816 to 1818 was governorgeneral of Canada.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sherbrooke'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/sherbrooke.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sherbrooke'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/sherbrooke.html. 1910.
