Gander
Appearance
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Gander may refer to:
- Gander (goose), an adult male goose
Places
[edit]Canada
[edit]- Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, a town in Canada
- Gander (electoral district), a provincial electoral district
- Gander Academy, an elementary school in Gander
- Gander Collegiate, a high school in Gander
- Gander International Airport, a major airport in Newfoundland and Labrador
- CFB Gander, also known as 9 Wing Gander, a Canadian air force base co-located at Gander International Airport
- Gander Bay, Newfoundland
- Gander Lake, Newfoundland
- Gander River, Newfoundland
- Gander terrane, a continental fragment in Newfoundland
- Gander Island, part of the Moore Islands, British Columbia
France/Luxembourg
[edit]- Gander (Moselle), a small river
People
[edit]- Gander (surname)
- "Gander", nickname of Monty Stratton (1912-1982), Major League Baseball pitcher
Fictional characters
[edit]- Gladstone Gander, a Walt Disney fictional character created by cartoonist Carl Barks
- Goosetave Gander, a fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck Universe, Gladstone Gander's father
- Richard Gander, in the 1972 British sitcom Alcock and Gander
Other uses
[edit]- Gander (horse), a thoroughbred race horse
- Gander Stakes, an ungraded stakes race for New York bred Thoroughbred race horses
- Gander (dog), a Newfoundland dog, recipient of the Dickin Medal for bravery
- Kokusai Ku-8, a 1940s Japanese light transport monoplane codenamed Gander by the Allies
- USS Gander, a Danube class starship in the science fiction franchise Star Trek
See also
[edit]- Gander Mountain, a hunting and fishing store
- Nicolae Dobrin (1947-2007), Romanian footballer nicknamed Gâscanul ("The Gander")
- Ganda (disambiguation)