Gil worked as a supervisor for Good Year Canada for 32 plus years before retiring in 1983. He then pursued his love for the outdoors, working as a salmon fishing guide with Wilson's. Gil was a member of St. James the Greater Anglican Church, Ludlo

w, NB, member of the New Brunswick Horse Shoe Association, taking part in tournaments in numerous places in which he won several times. He also was a French Language tour guide with the Central New Brunswick Woodsmen's Museum, Boiestown, NB.