Welcome to Madison’s Collector’s Corner, where our Collections Assistant unveils the hidden gems of Sherbrooke Village. In her first spotlight, discover a pair of late 19th-century Owl Andirons, unearthed behind a false wall on site. Known as ‘fire dogs,’ these intriguing artifacts once kept hearth fires burning brightly, their glass eyes casting an eerie glow in the firelight. Step into the stories behind the objects that connect us to Sherbrooke’s rich past.
Sherbrooke Restoration Commission acknowledges that Sherbrooke Village is in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral, unceded, and current territory of the Mi'kmaq. This territory is covered by the "Treaties of Peace and Friendship" which Mi'kmaw and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) Peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1725.