SHERBROOKE  , a

city and port of entry of Quebec, Canada, and capital of Sherbrooke county, for 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 governor-general of Canada .