Sherbrooke walking tour

This scavenger hunt is of NORMAL difficulty.

It takes 2 to 3 hours to complete, depending on your walking speed. The ideal group size is between 2 and 6. Children are welcome and will enjoy most of the challenges.

After purchase, to start your Sherbrooke walking tour, you must go to Strathcona Square in front of Sherbrooke City Hall, between du Palais St., Frontenac St., and Wellington N. S. This is the start location.

Once there, stand outside and log in to this website and begin your hunt, or go to My Account and follow the instructions.

The earliest Native American populations here date back up to 8,000 years.

This region was occupied by Mohawks when Samuel de Champlain arrived in 1603. They called this site Ktineketolekwac, meaning “Big Forks” because of the conjunction of the Magog and Saint-François rivers. The Abenakis disputed these lands with the Mohawks, which caused conflicts between the 2 nations.

Colonization began after the American Revolution (1783) when loyalists fled to Canada to remain under the British crown. The city adopted its name, Sherbrooke, in 1818, honoring John Coape Sherbrooke, governor of British North America (1816-1818). At the time, the city had only 183 residents.

Indeed, the first roads connecting the city to Quebec, Montreal, and New England developed from 1817 onward. The BALC (British American Land Company) began to invest in better roads, bridges, and various buildings. Finally, this led to the railway reaching here in 1852, and it opened up the city to many new businesses.

With electrification came trams, put into service in 1897. The Wellington and King axis became the commercial heart of the rapidly expanding city.

Since then, Sherbrooke has become a university center with 8 institutions and 40,000 students annually.