Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia
Sherbrooke | |
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The Sherbrooke post office, built in 1930. | |
| Coordinates: 45°8′N 61°59′W / 45.133°N 61.983°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| County | Guysborough County |
| District Municipality | Municipality of the District of St. Mary's |
| Founded | 1805 |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2020) | 400 |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (ADT) |
| GNBC Code | CBILO |
| Highways | Trunk 7 |
| Website | www |
| Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia | |
Sherbrooke is an unincorporated community on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, in Guysborough County. It is located along the St. Mary's River, a major river in Nova Scotia. The community is named for Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, a colonial era Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Gold was discovered in the area in 1861 and Sherbrooke entered a gold rush which lasted two decades. The economy of the community today revolves around fishing, tourism and lumber. The community is the site of an open-air museum called "Sherbrooke Village" which depicts life in the later 1800s in the wake of the gold rush era.