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| Place | Swabs Dock |
| Type | Landing |
| Province / Territory | Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) |
| Location | Grand Bank |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.130833 |
| Longitude | -55.491944 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | ACALZ |
Swabs Dock is a landing in Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Swabs Dock is located at 47.1308°N, 55.4919°W.
Swabs Dock, nestled on the rugged southern coast, is a place where the land itself seems to sigh with the coming and going of the sea. It lies 20.5 km east-north-east of Grand Bank, NL (from Grand Bank, NL: bearing 77°T), and is situated 12.4 km east-north-east of Molliers. Steep, rounded hills, clad in a resilient scrub of birch and spruce, tumble down towards the deep, inky waters of the Grand Banks. The air here carries a perpetual tang of salt and damp earth, a constant reminder of the ocean's proximity. Weather-beaten fishing stages, their timbers greyed and warped by countless seasons, cling precariously to the shoreline, each one a silent sentinel against the relentless Atlantic. Even on the clearest days, a fine mist often hangs low, softening the edges of the landscape and lending a dreamlike quality to the scattered houses that dot the slopes, their brightly coloured roofs a cheerful defiance against the prevailing palette of grey and green. The history of Swabs Dock is inextricably linked to the bounty of the sea, a saga of fishermen and their families who have braved these waters for generations. For centuries, the Grand Banks have been a rich larder, and the economy of Swabs Dock has been built on the back of cod, crab, and lobster. Though the fishing industry has seen its share of hardship and change, the resilient spirit of its people endures. The small harbour, a sheltered haven carved into the coastline, remains the heart of Swabs Dock, a place where the day begins with the rumble of engines and the calls of gulls, and ends with the quiet creak of boats rocking at anchor. You can still feel the echoes of a past when schooners, laden with salt cod, would set sail for distant markets, their sails catching the wind like the wings of great seabirds.
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| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |