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The Isle of Canna on Scotland's west coast might only be five miles long and just over a mile wide, but it's home to some BIG adventures! With stunning beaches, fantastic scenery and great family adventures, the 'Road to the Isles', from Fort William to Mallaig, is well worth exploring! From mountains to sea, fascinating history to adrenaline adventures, there are some great things to do in Fort William and Lochaber.
Lochaber is a geographical district in the West of the Scottish Highlands, and formally today it is a District of Highland Region of Scotland, covering 4, km 2. It has a population of about 19, of whom 11, live in Fort William, the only large town.
Outside Fort William the population density is only 1. However, the origin of the name, and the history of its use to cover a sizeable region of the West Highlands, are obscure and controversial. The earliest reference to Lochaber as a district comes from a book, Life of St Columba , written by Adamnan during the 7 th century. Historically Lochaber refers to a marshland at the heart of the Lochaber district.
The flat area is a glacial outwash plain which formed as a glacier retreated up the Great Glen. Boulders were deposited from the retreating ice and an ever-changing system of rivers at the snout of the glacier deposited a mixture of gravel, sand and fine clay particles forming a level floor. Work on the Blar when building houses has found deposits that confirm this. It was one of eight district councils that delivered a range of local level services within the wider area of Highland Region, which over this period was one of the 12 regions into which Scotland was divided.
Lochaber District was formed from parts of the traditional county of Inverness-shire, specifically Fort William and the surrounding traditional area of Lochaber, including the Road to the Isles and Mallaig. It also had added to it parts of the traditional county of Argyll, including the Ardnamurchan area, Ballachulish and Kinlochleven.
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