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Sherbrooke
City of Sherbrooke
The new city of Sherbrooke was born on January 1st 2002. The seventh most important city in the province, Sherbrooke is divided into six districts: Brompton, Fleurimont, Lennoxville, Mont-Bellevue, Rock-Forest – Sainte-Élie – Deauville and Jacques-Cartier. In the heart of the city, along the main streets, you will find the city hall, the Musée des Beaux-Arts, the Historical Society, Cathédrale St-Michel, its Episcopal palace and the Sainte-Famille convent, which will charm you with their Greco-roman and Victorian architecture.
In summer, stop in Old Sherbrooke at the Carl-Camirand Municipal Greenhouses, located right next to the Domaine-Howard. To visit all the attractions of the city, you can either take the pedestrian circuit or the car circuit. Characters from the old times will welcome you and will tell you the regional history. Another circuit made of paths and bridges will also make you discover three hydroelectric dams, including the Centrale Frontenac, considered as the oldest power plant in operation in Quebec. Downtown, the Passerelle de la Frayère, the terraces from the Frontenac Esplanade and the Place des Moulins are all places you will want to visit.
Several murals have been painted on the city walls and are worth a look. On Wellington street, you will find the Nékitotegwak mural, which represents the meeting of the rivers before the colonization; at the angle of Frontenac and Dufferin streets, the Sherbrooke 2002 Bicentennial Mural and at the angle of King Est and Bowen Sud streets, the murals “Les Belles Années” and “Le Progrès de l’Est”. In the district of Lennoxville, Bishop’s University has an architectural style that reminds of the Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. It’s in this diversity that the neogothic St. Mark’s chapel, out in the historical register, can be found.
For cycling enthusiasts, the 75 mile-long cycling network of the Grandes-Fourches offers beautiful scenery. It is also possible to reach Sherbrooke from Montréal or Québec City by taking the Route verte. Trails are also accessible along the Magog, St-François and Massawippi Rivers and give access to various urban parks like the parc Lucien-Blanchard and the Maison de l’eau. At lac Magog, it is possible to relax on the beach or take the pedestrian path of the marsh of the Saint-François River. In winter, the Mont-Bellevue Park is an invitation to skiing and sliding. If you prefer skating, the Domaine Howard has a frozen pond, which is very appreciated by the population.
If you prefer cultural activities, the Réseau du patrimoine et muséologie de Sherbrooke owns the Musée des Beaux-arts, the Musée de la nature et des sciences, the Bibliothèque municipale Éva-Senécal, the art gallery of Sherbrooke University and that of Bishop’s University. In summer, free concerts are presented outside in Place de la Cité, in Strathcona Square, at the Frontenac esplanade and at Place des Moulins.
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