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This picture is from the book Scottish Loch Scenery (1882)
Would be interesting to get a picture
of this exact view if someone could take it.
See a video about the backgrond to this
project
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Should any
locals in the area wish to tell us a bit about themselves or
their business feel free to contact us. And if you have any
digital pictures of the area we'd love to get a copy. |
External
Links
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The Highland Council
The main administrative centre for the area
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Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Our role is to develop sustainable economic
growth across the region. To achieve this we create infrastructure for
future investment, assist large and small businesses with growth
aspirations and have a unique role strengthening communities,
particularly in fragile areas of the Highlands and Islands.
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Am Baile
Explore Am Baile, The Highland Council's
bilingual website, and discover the history and culture of the
Scottish Highlands and Islands.
You will find photographs, illustrations,
rare books and documents as well as short films, audio clips,
interactive games and comics.
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Gairloch and District Times
This is the local newspaper but not
available online. They can be contacted at
gdt@gairloch.co.uk
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Ross-Shire Journal
A newspaper serving this area and beyond.
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Gairloch Heritage Museum
The local museum
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Gairloch Community Library
An
excellent resource for the area
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Gairloch High
School
The Local School
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Two
Lochs Radio
In general we broadcast at least 30 hours per week
of locally-originated programmes, plus up to 6 additional hours per
week produced elsewhere in the Highlands and Islands and other Celtic
areas (for example our live relay on Saturday evenings from Portree,
Gaelic programmes from Cape Breton and Barra, and occasional
programmes produced on Lewis). At other
times when we are not broadcasting locally-originated material, we
relay 'sustaining services' from other providers. These are generally
music-led stations, aimed at a general daytime audience (eg Smooth Radio),
and a service aimed at our night time audience (eg Magic FM).
You can listen to the show from their web site.
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Gairloch Online
The
community web site where you can see some tours of the area and a
complete shopping guide.
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Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
The local church
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Google Map
This is a link to the Google Map of the area where
you can get road maps and satellite images.
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Map of the Area
This
is a link to the Ordinance Survey map of the area on Streetmap. When you bring this up you can zoom in and out to get more
or less detail on the area.
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John Farquhar Munro MSP
Local Member
of Parliament for
Ross, Skye and Inverness West in
2010.
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Charles Kennedy
MP
The local parliamentary representative in the Westminster
Parliament.
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Richard Green
The local councillor for the area in 2010.
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Gairloch Service Point
Opening Hours Monday to Friday 9:00 am -
12:30 pm / 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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Walks
in the Highlands
This link takes you to excellent information
about walks in and around the area.
Other Information
- Oasis of the
North, by Dawn MacLeod
The sub-tropical gardens at Inverewe in Wester Ross are a deservedly
famous testimonial to Osgood MacKenzie and his daughter Mairi
Sawyer. And they were sufficient attraction to make Dawn MacLeod
give up her job in the Civil Service in London - and her pension
rights - when her Aunt Mairi asked her to go north to live. But this
is perhaps only incidentally a story of the gardens. It is the story
too, of an independent aunt and of the independent Highlanders of
the West Coast, of the sharp beauty of the land, of the handicraft
classes which she taught in the schools and of the people she met
there, of eels coming out of the posh taps in the Big House, of pine
martins and wild cats, and of a host of other fascinating incidents
as well.
Copies of this book are still available through second hand book
shops and having a copy myself it makes a great read.
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