Glassville

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  • 8 miles east of Bristol. Post Office from 1861.
  • Named for Charles Gordon Glass, a minister of the Free Church of Scotland, who founded the settlement 1861 and brought out people from Scotland.

Gillice Brook

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  • Flows north into Little Sevogle River.
  • Named for Donald Gillice, settler in 1812.

Gillespie Settlement

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  • 5 miles south of Grand Falls.
  • Among the first settlers were Edward, William and Francis Gillespie.

Gibson Creek

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  • 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.

Galloway

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  • 5 miles south of Richibucto.
  • Settled circa 1820 from Galloway, Scotland. According to Baillie 1832, New Galloway.
  • See also East Galloway, settled in 1830 from Galloway, Scotland.

Fredericton

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  • Many people of Scottish descent settled in Fredericton in the early days.
  • The first Mayor of Fredericton was John Simpson (born in Scotland).
  • UNB’s first president, James somerville, was from Scotland.
  • The Fredericton Society of St. Andrew was founded in 1825.
  • A Robert Burns statue was first raised in Fredericton in 1906

Ferguson Point

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  • Extends into Restigouche River at Atholville.
  • Named for Robert Ferguson (?1768-1851) who established Athol House there in 1796.

Ferguson Point

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  • Peninsula 2 miles south of Tracadie.
  • Named for William Ferguson, Loyalist from Pennsylvania circa 1786.
  • Extremity of peninsula, formerly named Pointe du Bar, now Pointe à William.

Ferguson Point

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  • Extends into Bathurst Harbour.
  • Named for Francis Ferguson, settler circa 1843.
  • Formerly called Pointe aux Pères, named for the chapel of Fathers André Richard and Jacques Ratel 1646.
  • Later known as Allan’s Point, named for William Allan, who had a 2000-acre grant there.

Fairisle

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  • 23 miles northeast of Chatham. Post Office Savoy circa 1897-1958.
  • Fair Isle in Scotland is located between the Shetland and Orkney Islands.