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179), that R. Norumbegue was this bay, but it was probably tlie Penobscot. 

 In Micmac Rand knew no name for it ; one Passamaquoddy gave me 

 Ba-koo-da-ba^-kek = open away, cannot see end ; Gatschet gives Wehoabe- 

 (jitvk = waves at the head of the bay. 



Gagetown. — T. 1765, P. 1786. For General Thomas Gage, its principal grantee. 



Galloway. — No doubt by its Scotch settlers for that place in Scotland. Baillie, I., 

 1832, has New Galloway. 



GannetRock. — No doubt descriptive ; the Gannet is a sea bird. On a published 

 plan by Lockwood in 1818 as Manan Gannet. In Passamaquoddy, Men-as^- 

 kook = bare place? (Compare Grassy Island). 



Gardens Creek. — (Kingsclear, York.) No doubt for William Garden, who was 

 granted land upon it. In Allen, 1777, and on old plans, Pierre Paul Creek ; 

 In Garden's grant a few acres were reserved for Pierre Paul, no doubt an 

 Indian. 



Gardens Creek. — (Prince William, York.) On D. Campbell, 1785, P. Gooclyivam- 

 keck. By mistake Mr. Jack applies this to Jocelynes Brook. 



Gaspereau Foi^t- — From the river, as Bellin states (see below). D'Anville,1755, 

 has Gasparo Ft., the French form. After its capture by the English, renamed 

 Fort Monckton. Mante, 1755, has Caille Verte, a French Fort. 



Gaspereau Lake. — (Queens.) No doubt descriptive. A plan of 1839 reads: 

 " The Gaspereaus ascend the river to this lake in the spring of the year." 



Gaspereau River. — (Kent.) No doubt descriptive. 



Gaspereau River. — (Queens ) No doubt descriptive. Perhaps dates back to 

 the French period. In Marston's Diary, 1785. 



In Maliseet Op-sketchk = narrow stream. Perhaps related to Upsal- 

 (]uitch. 



Gaspereau River. — (Westmorland.) So called by the French, no doubt from 

 the abundance there of the fish called by them Gasparot (see, for instance, 

 Denys, 1672), which we have adopted as Gaspereau. Bellin and d'An ville, 

 1755, both have Gasparo applied to the fort, and the former states (Descrip- 

 tion, p. 31), that it is so named for the river, while the Memorials of 1755 

 state that it is so named for a kind of fish like a herring. In Micmac 

 Gas-pal-a-wik'-took, which is plainly only the Indianized French name, 

 unless the French took the name originally from the Micmacs. 



Geary Settlement. — Founded 1810 ? Said to be for a place of that name in 

 Ireland, but possibly in memory of Admiral Sir Francis Geary, who died 1796. 



George, Lake. — Probably in honour of King George III., since the parish in 

 which it occurs was named in honour of his son (see Prince William). On 

 a plan of 1819. Possibly, however, for one William H. George, who had an 

 early grant upon it. 



German Creek — (Albert). Applied on old plans to the creek between Crooked 

 Creek and Beaver Brook, no doubt descriptive of the presence there of early 

 German settlers (p. 202). 

 Germantown Lake. — No doubt descriptive of the pre-loyalist German settlement 



on the lake or stream (p. 202). 

 Gibson. — Village. In honour of Alexander Gibson about 1875. In the last century 



called Moncton. Here at the mouth of Nashwaak stood Fort St. Joseph. 

 Gibsons Millstream.— (Carleton). On D. Campbell, 1785, R- Essepenack, 



