Gander

A gander is an adult male goose.

Gander may also refer to:

Places

Canada

• 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 Mall, a one-floor shopping centre 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

France/Luxembourg

• Gander (Moselle), a small river in Luxembourg and France

People

• Andrew Gander, drummer for the Australian band Benders
• Forrest Gander (born 1956), American poet, author, critic and translator
• Joseph Gander (1888-1954), Australian politician
• Marc Gander, co-founder of the Consumer Action Group
• "Gander", nickname of Monty Stratton (1912-1982), Major League Baseball pitcher
• "The Gander", nickname of Nicolae Dobrin (1947-2007), Romanian footballer

Fictional characters

• Gladstone Gander, a Walt Disney fictional character created by comic artist and writer Carl Barks
• Goosetave Gander, a fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck Universe, Gladstone Gander's father

Other

• Gander (horse), a thoroughbred race horse
• Gander Mountain, a hunting and fishing store
• 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

• Ganda (disambiguation)