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| Place | De Grau |
| Type | Neighbourhood |
| Province / Territory | Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) |
| Location | Port au Port |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.483333 |
| Longitude | -59.193611 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | AAFKY |
De Grau is a neighbourhood in Port au Port, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. De Grau is located at 48.4833°N, 59.1936°W.
De Grau rests like a weathered stone along the rugged western edge of Newfoundland, where the land buckles and folds into a dramatic coastline. It lies 48.1 km west of Stephenville, NL (from Stephenville, NL: bearing 262°T), and is situated 1.5 km south-south-west of Cape St. George. The air here carries the sharp, clean scent of salt and the distant murmur of the Atlantic, a constant companion to the scattered houses clinging to the slopes. Rolling hills, cloaked in a mosaic of scrubby spruce and windswept grasses, descend towards the sea, their curves softened by the perpetual caress of the ocean breeze. Even the sunlight seems to possess a unique quality, a pale, luminous glow that washes over the landscape, lending a timeless, introspective beauty to the rugged terrain. This is a place steeped in the echoes of its past, where the rhythms of fishing have long dictated the pulse of life in De Grau. Generations have drawn their sustenance from the cold, bountiful waters that lap at the shore, their livelihoods etched into the very character of the settlement. The economy, though diversified in modern times, still carries the imprint of its maritime heritage, a quiet pride in the resilience and hardiness that comes from living in such a place. Whispers of its founding, of hardy souls who first carved a life from this challenging but breathtaking environment, seem to linger in the wind, adding a layer of historical depth to the present-day quietude.
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Location data for De Grau is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |