Glooscap is a culture hero and transformer of the Abenaki, an Algonquian, or Eastern Woodlands, First Nation.
Glooscap was great in size and in powers and was said to have created natural features such as the Annapolis Valley. In carrying out his feats he often had to overcome his evil twin brother who wanted rivers to be crooked and mountains ranges to be impassable.
Legend has it that when Glooscap finished painting the splendor of the world, he dipped his brush into a blend of all the colours and created Abegweit, meaining "Cradled on the Waves," his favorite island (Prince Edward Island).
When Glooscap slept Nova Scotia was his bed and Prince Edward Island his pillow.
