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SHERBROOKE , a city andSee also: port of entry of See also: Quebec, See also: Canada, and capital of Sherbrooke county, for m
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E. of See also: Montreal, at the confluence of the See also: rivers Magog and St See also: Francis, and on the See also: Grand Trunk, See also: Canadian Pacific, Quebec Central and See also: Boston & Maine See also: railways
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Pop
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(1901) 11,765
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It is the seat of a See also: Roman Catholic bishopric and of the See also: district courts, and contains manufactories of woollen and See also: cotton goods and machinery, also saw and grist mills
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It derives its name from See also: Sir See also: John Coape Sherbrooke (1764-1830), who from 1816 to 1818 was governor-general of Canada
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