Flows southwest into Mactaquac Lake, Saint John River.
Named for John Gibson, settler from Kilmarnock, Scotland 1843.
Campbell 1785 called it River Essepenack, derived from Maliseet for ‘steep sided’ or ‘raccoon’; Nightingale 1840 called it Tomkins Creek; Saunders 1842 called it Tomkins Mill Stream; Bailey 1894 called it Gibson’s Mill Stream.
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Said to be named for a place in Scotland, possibly also for Charles Gordon Glass who founded the settlement in 1861 or for Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore (1829-1912), Lieut. Governor of New Brunswick 1861-1866…
Probably named for George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Prime Minister of England 1852-1855, father of Arthur Hamilton-Gordon (1829-1912), Lieut. Gov. of New Brunswick 1861-1866.
Rev. C.G. Glass, who encouraged emigration from Scotland in 1861, was a native of Aberdeen, Scotland.
