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Gladstone. — P. 1874. No doubt in honour of "William E. Gladstone, Premier o^ 

 England in that j'ear. 



Glasier Lake.— For Hon. John Glasier. In Maliseet Wool-as-took-wo(j^-a-mis = 

 Woolastook (St. John River) Pond. Sometimes Petteiquagamas. Possibly 

 the Lake Ourangabena of early maps. 



Glassville.— S. 18G1 ? In honour of Rev. Charles Gordon Glass, Minister of the 

 F^ree Church of Scotland, who secured the grant and brought out Scotch 

 settlers. 



Glaziers Man or.— [^^omh of Nerepis). For Col. Beamsley Glazier, to whom it 

 was granted in 1765, afterwards Arlington (see). 



Glenelg.— P. 1814. Origin ? There is a place of this name in Scotland. Baron 

 Glenelg took his title in 183-^. 



Gloucester.— C. 1826. Perhaps in honour of Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, 

 daughter of George III. 



Gondola Point.— Said to be from the kind of craft first used as a ferry. The 

 gondola was a small scow frequently mentioned in early records. On 

 Campbell, 1788. Loc. pro. " Gunlow," also " Gunlar" Point. 



Goose River-— Origin ? Perhaps descriptive. On a plan of 1824 occurs "River 

 Ed-, or Goose River"; the harbour is Whitby Harbour, and the brook 

 branching off just above is Bagdale Brook ; origin of these unknown. 



Gordon.— P. 186.'!. Of course in honour of Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, in that 

 year Lieutenant-Governor of N. B. 



Gounamitz. — From the Micmac Gool-mitchk. On the survey map 1780 as Gounou- 

 mitz ; later maps have also Mempticook and Menticook. 

 Called locally Little Forks River. 



Grovernors Island.— (Cliarlotte). No doubt because a government military 

 reservation. On plan of 1783 it is Clinch's Folly. 



Grafton. — A made-up word, alluding to grafting in the orchards, as explained in 

 the following letter, from Lieut.-Col.W. T. Baird, a resident, (author of Seventy 

 years of New Brunswick Life), dated June 4, 1896 : " Twenty years ago 

 (1876) .... several names were proposed ; but as extensive nursery 

 and grafting operations had already been established by Sharp and Shea, it 

 was decided by the latter, Mr. W. S. Shea, to establish limits and call the 

 place Grafton." 



Grand Anse.— (Gloucester). French = Big Cove. Descriptive; in Plessis ,1811. 



Grand Anse. — (Westmorland). French = Big Cove. Descriptive. 

 In Micmac Wul-ncn/-ik. 



Grand Bay. — Descriptive ; dates from the French period. Monckton, 1758, has Le 

 Grand Baye; D. Campbell, 1785, has it translated Great Bay; but the 

 French form has persisted. 



In Maliseet, Pe-kwee-tay-pay-hek (alt. Chamberlain). 



Grand Dune Brook. — French, (îrande Dune = a great bank of sand. Descrip- 

 tive. D'Anville, map, 1755, calls it R. Vieux Caichi (see K. de Cache), 



Grand Falls. — Descriptive ; probably derived from the French Grand Sault. As 

 Great Falls, D. Campbell, 1785. 



In Maliseet it is (Jhik-un-ik' -a-bik or Chik-chun-ik^ -a-hik = the destroyer 

 place, referring to the well known legend, perliaps with an historical basis, 

 that many canoes full of Mohawks were allured to drift over the falls by 

 Maliseet women (see p. 196). Rand gives Chigunikpe = the roaring des- 

 troying giant. Occurs first in Gyles, 1689, Checanekepeag. In the seigniorial 

 grant to René d'Amours, Sieur de Clignancourt as long sault (probably), 

 and in St. Valier, 1688, as le Grand Sault Saint Jean-Baptiste. 



