Gibson Creek

  • 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.