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cbette, 1S15, Quidasquack, On Sotzmann, 1798, it is Sheers Qtutrter, and on 

 Holland, 1798, Slieepa Quarter, which I do not understand. Possibly the 

 Grand may refer to the importance of the river, for through it to the 

 Eestigouche was one of the most travelled of the old Indian portage routes. 



Grassy Island. — Descriptive. In Maliseet, Men-as'-cook ; compare Gannet Rock. 



Green Head. — Origin? Earlier, INIosquito Head. The point formerly called 

 Cunnabell's Point (Notitia). 



Green Island- — So named by Mitchell in his Ms. Field Book, 1764, but uncer- 

 tain to what it applied ; perhaps to Casco Bay Island. 



Greenlaw Mountain.— (Charlotte.) No doubt for one of the three men so 

 named who settled in St. Andrews. 



Green River. — From the French Rivière Verte = Green river, which is descrip- 

 tive of the colour of the water. In Munro, 1783, as River Vert; plan 1794, 

 R. Verte. In ^la,V\seet,Quuiri-quaa^-took{Quum-qua^-ta-gook). On Bonner, 1820, 

 as Quamquerticook. One of its branches is Pemwit, no doubt Maliseet. 



Greenwich. — P. 1795. Perhaps for the place near London. 



Greers Brook. — A corruption of Guerriefs for AVm. Guerrier, a loyalist whose 

 land was located there (Raymond). 



GriflBths Island. — For Lieut. Benjamin P. Griffith, a loyalist who owned it. 



Grimross Neck. — Probably derived through the French from the Maliseet. On 

 De -Meulles, 168(1, as Grimerasse, applied to Harts Lake, and this the Mali- 

 seets call now Et-leem-lotch or Et-leem-la-cheek {Et-lim-lats or Et-lec-nee-las-lik, 

 alt.. Chamberlain). From this, or rather the old form of it, by the usual 

 substitution of r for I, Grimross was probably derived. 



On Monckton, 1758, Grimrosse applies to the French settlement on the 

 site of Gagetown ; on D. Campbell, 1785, to the peninsula and creek; on 

 Campbell, 1788, it appears as Grimross Neck, and thus persists to the present. 



Grimross Islands. — From their nearness, no doubt, to Grimross Neck. On D. 

 Campbell, 1785. 



In Maliseet, Mee-kis; on .Monckton, 1758, as Mettise, followed later by 

 Morris and others. Perhaps this form represents a French familiarization 

 (Métis, a half breed) of Mee-kis, but without doubt derived from it- 



Grindstone Island. — Descriptive, from the French. On De Meulles, 1686, as /. 

 aio; Meules (the resemblance to his own name of course accidental) = Grind- 

 stone Island. Church, 1696, has Grindstone Point. Blackmore, 1713, and 

 other English maps have Mill Island, probably by familiarization of meules, 

 .leffreys, 1755, Grindstone or Mill, and down to the present it is Grindstone. 



Grindstone Point. — (Gloucester). Descriptive. Le cap aux Meules in Plessis; 

 1811. 



Grog Brook. — In Micmac, Meg-wa-che-hoo-chiche = red little brook. 



Gueguen. — For a family of that name descended from an Acadian, .Joseph 

 Goguen, who settled here about 1768 (Gaudet). 



Guisiguit. — From the ^Maliseet 'J ay-guis-og^-a-ink = comes out two, perhaps 

 becaxise it once had two mouths- As Deguishaguit or Two Rivers, on D. 

 Campbell, 1785 ; on Bouchette, 1S31, misprinted and corrupted to Goosequill. 

 On Peachy, 1783, it is Neinasee, and in Munro, 1783, Neinance, but I cannot 

 trace this word. Pr. loc. Gees-a-gwit. 



Gulquac. — From the Maliseet Kah-guV-quahk. The Little Gulquac is Kah-gul- 

 quah'-sis. On Lock wood, 1826, as Gidquak. 



