Sherbrooke (2006 population: 147,427) is a Canadian city in southern ""Quebec"".
Sherbrookeis a city in southernQuebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of theSaint-François(St. Francis) and Magogrivers in the heart of theEstrieadministrative region. The city is also the name of aterritory equivalent to a regional county municipality(TE) andcensus division(CD) ofQuebec, coextensive with the city of Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke is the primary economic, political, cultural and institutional centre of Estrie, and was known as theQueen of theEastern Townshipsat the beginning of the 20th century.
The Sherbrooke region is surrounded bymountains,riversandlakes. There are several ski hills nearby and various tourist attractions in regional flavour.Mont-Bellevue Park, a large park in the city, is used fordownhill skiing.
