 The
Great Glen, also known as Glen Albyn or Glen Mor is a series of valleys in Scotland
running 100 kilometers from Inverness
on the Moray Firth to Fort
William at the head of Loch Linnhe. Lochaber, however is a more specific region,
located in the central and western Scottish highlands, and administered by the
Highland Council. Lochaber covers North Lorne, Glen Coe, Nether Lochaber, the
western part of the Rannoch Moor, the Road to the Isles, Moidart, Ardgour, Morvern,
Sunart, Ardnamurchan, and the Small Isles: Rùm, Eigg, Muck and Canna.
The
Great Glen - which follows a large geological fault known as the Great Glen Fault
- consists of a series of Lochs, connected by rivers and bisects the Scottish
Highlands as it falls into the Grampian Mountains to the southeast. The Caledonian
Canal uses the lochs as part of the route. The Great Glen also offered
a strategic advantage historically in controlling the Highland Scottish clans,
particularly around the time of the Jacobite uprisings of the 18th Century, and
more formally acknowledged by the surrounding towns of Fort
William in the south, Fort
Augustus in the middle of the Glen, and Fort George, just to the north of
Inverness. With almost 70 miles of unspoilt Highland landscape, The Great
Glen Way is a walk which is now very popular and one that can form a weeks holiday
set amongst glens, mountains, rivers and lochs and sleepy Highland villages. Lochs
include: the River Ness, Loch Dochfour, Loch Ness, River Oich, Loch Oich, Loch
Lochy, River Lochy and Loch Linnhe. |
The
Great Glen and Lochabers
