Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya shiga cikin tawayen 1837 ba tare da son rai ba
kuma ya kare fursunonin masu aminci a Montgomery's Tavern daga cin zarafi. Koyaya, duk da wannan, gwamnan Sir Francis Bond Head ya ba da umarnin a ƙone gonarsa. Gibson ya gudu zuwa Lockport, New York, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin injiniya ga Erie Canal. A shekara ta 1848, bayan an gafarta masa a 1843, ya koma gonarsa kuma an hayar da shi a matsayin mai binciken ƙasa na lardin. A shekara ta 1853, an ba shi mukamin mai binciken hukumomin ƙasa na kambi da kuma mai kula da hanyoyin mulkin mallaka a Yammacin Kanada. Ya kuma kula da binciken hanyoyi a gundumar Algoma daga 1861 zuwa 1862. Har ila yau, ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a babban injin niƙa a yankin Parry Sound, wanda daga baya William Beatty ya karɓa.