Sherbrooke

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Sherbrooke

Total population

161,323

Coordinates45.40°, -71.89°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.