Population: 569 (1996) - includes Ship Cove and Blow Me Down
269 (1986)

Located at the mid point of a narrow peninsula, southwest into Conception Bay is the fishing village of Port de Grave. This peninsula was one of the earliest areas in Conception Bay to be settled by Europeans.

Many of the communities in southern Conception Bay can be considered "daughter" communities of Port de Grave. The family names of Dawe, Andrews, and Butler are present in the area. Tradition has it that communities such as Makinsons, North River, and South River began as "winter houses" for the Port de Grave fishermen.

Port de Grave had a district court in 1835. It also had a resident magistrate until 1865.

In the 1800's the seal fishery began. An estimate of more than 25% of the area's population were fishing on the Labrador by 1884, and increased to more than 30% by 1901.

Shipbuilding was an important activity with ships being built for the Butler, Dawe and Moore families from about 1860 - 1885.