Goobies: According to Wikipedia contributors, Goobies "main feature is a large statue of a moose at the ubiquitously province-known Irving gas station just outside the main part of the village.

Goobies is an unincorporated community. It is mostly known as a rest stop along the Trans-Canada Highway, with a selection of gas stations and places to eat.

Route 210 descends from Goobies down the Burin Peninsula". Goobies often makes one or more lists of "funny" names in Newfoundland, however I am sure that George Goobie would not find it all that "amusing".

From the ENL one reads that the town was settle in the late 1800s: "Goobie provided for his family at first by trapping and hunting; eventually he started a small sawmill".

With the construction of the railway, Goobies became "connected" for both passenger and freight service and from 1911 the town grew from 12 to 29 in 1935; and 57 in 1951 to 126 in 1961.

In those early years, "the people in the settlement worked either with the railway or held jobs in one of the larger regional centres, such as Clarenville, and, during the construction of the oil refinery, at Come By Chance...

In the latter year most of the workers were employed outside Goobies". The most recent Census of 2016 showed a population of 142, a 2.2% increase from the 139 recorded in 2011.

Used with permission from "Uncovering the Origin of 1001 Unique Place Names in Newfoundland and Labrador" 2021 Jennifer Leigh Hill

Address of this page: http://nl.ruralroutes.com/Goobies