BTW, there are people who remembered hearing in the early days of the song, Stan singing the song as "on" Sherbrooke, rather than "in" Sherbrooke, feeding the speculation it was really a ship by that name. According to those who have researched it, there were several ships which had that name, none known to be of the year mentioned in the song. Also, there was a General Sherbrooke, who was the fellow that both the Quebec and Nova Scotia communities were possibly named for, since he served in both areas.