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GABARUS (C. B.)—Bay, Cape, Lake and Village said to be named after a French officer of Bayonne named "Gabarus." This is generally accepted as the right derivation. On maps of 1853 we find it called "Bay de Gabory," and on an old map of 1752, "Gabarus." Again it is said to come from the French name Cap Rouge, Red Cape. The village is named from the cape. The peninsulas north-west of the cape are called by Pichon "Desgoutins" and the "Governors." Pichon also refers to a mountain near Gabarus which he calls the "Devil's Mountain." Cape Gabarus appears on some early maps as Cape Portland.
GAETZ COVE (L.)—This is a common family name in Lunenburg County, and the cove is likely named after an early settler.
GAIRLOCH (P.)—In the year 1805, a vessel arrived with passengers from Gairloch a small arm of the sea on the western coast of Ross-shire, Scotland. Three of them took up their lands at a brook, which they named after their native parish in Scotland
GAIRLOCH MOUNTAINS (C. B.)—Named by the Scottish settlers after the arm of the sea of that name on the western coast of Ross-shire, Scotland.
GALLOWS HILL (K.)—So named owing to the unfortunate. necessity at one time of erecting a scaffold on the hill.
GALLOWS HILL (L.)—This hill was known in early days as "Star Fort" owing to the shape of the fence which enclosed the Garrison Fort in 1753.
GARDNER MINES (C. B.)—Said to be named after Mr. Michael Gardner, an early Irish settler.
GARDEN OF EDEN (P.)—Evidently so named by William McDonald, who came from Caithness, Scotland, and settled there in 1830. He was called the "Adam of the Garden" because he was the first man there. See Mount Adam and Eden Lake in the same vicinity, doubtless named so for the same reason.
GASPEREAUX (K.)—The original French spelling is "Gasparot" (an ale-wife). The "ale-wife" is a fish resembling a herring and is found in great numbers in certain parts of Nova Scotia.
