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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Gearasdan" title="An Gearasdan – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="An Gearasdan" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_(Esc%C3%B2cia)" title="Fort William (Escòcia) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Fort William (Escòcia)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_(lungsod)" title="Fort William (lungsod) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Fort William (lungsod)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William" title="Fort William – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Fort William" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William" title="Fort William – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Fort William" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William" title="Fort William – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Fort William" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_(Highland)" title="Fort William (Highland) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Fort William (Highland)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William" title="Fort William – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Fort William" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William" title="Fort William – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Fort William" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_(Eskozia)" title="Fort William (Eskozia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Fort William (Eskozia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%8C_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF" title="فورت ویلیام، هایلند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فورت ویلیام، هایلند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_(%C3%89cosse)" title="Fort William (Écosse) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Fort William (Écosse)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William" title="Fort William – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Fort William" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Gearasdan" title="An Gearasdan – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Gearasdan" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Gearasdan" title="An Gearasdan – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="An Gearasdan" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Gearasdan" title="An Gearasdan – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="An Gearasdan" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%AC%ED%8A%B8%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84" title="포트윌리엄 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="포트윌리엄" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William" title="Fort William – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Fort William" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D" title="פורט ויליאם – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פורט ויליאם" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_(%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Форт-Уильям (Шотландия) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Форт-Уильям (Шотландия)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Viljamas" title="Fort Viljamas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Fort Viljamas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_(Highland)" title="Fort William (Highland) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Fort William (Highland)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0_(%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89)" title="フォート・ウィリアム (スコットランド) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フォート・ウィリアム (スコットランド)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_(Skottland)" title="Fort William (Skottland) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Fort William (Skottland)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_i_Skottland" title="Fort William i Skottland – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Fort William i Skottland" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William" title="Fort William – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Fort William" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_(Esc%C3%B3cia)" title="Fort William (Escócia) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Fort William (Escócia)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_(%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Форт-Уильям (Шотландия) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Форт-Уильям (Шотландия)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fort_(Lochaber)" title="The Fort (Lochaber) – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="The Fort (Lochaber)" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William,_Highlands" title="Fort William, Highlands – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Fort William, Highlands" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William,_%C5%A0kotska" title="Fort William, Škotska – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Fort William, Škotska" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William,_%C5%A0kotska" title="Fort William, Škotska – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Fort William, Škotska" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_(Skotlanti)" title="Fort William (Skotlanti) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Fort William (Skotlanti)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li 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William</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within the <a href="/wiki/Lochaber" title="Lochaber">Lochaber</a> area</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">15,757 (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=56.819751~-5.105222&lvl=17&sp=Point.56.819751_-5.105222_Fort+William&sty=s&style=s">NN 10584 74114</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></th><td class="infobox-data">134 mi (216 km)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></th><td class="infobox-data">512 mi (824 km)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Community_council" title="Community council">Community council</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Fort William</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Council area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/PH_postcode_area" title="PH postcode area">PH33</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01397</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inverness,_Skye_and_West_Ross-shire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)">Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a 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<dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Scotland" title="List of places in Scotland">Scotland</a></dd> <dd></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Fort_William,_Scotland&params=56.8198_N_5.1052_W_region:GB_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">56°49′11″N</span> <span class="longitude">5°06′19″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">56.8198°N 5.1052°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">56.8198; -5.1052</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Fort William</b><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a town in <a href="/wiki/Lochaber" title="Lochaber">Lochaber</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Highlands" title="Scottish Highlands">Scottish Highlands</a>, located on the eastern shore of <a href="/wiki/Loch_Linnhe" title="Loch Linnhe">Loch Linnhe</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_census" title="2011 United Kingdom census">2011 census</a>, Fort William had a population of 15,757, making it the second-largest settlement both in the <a href="/wiki/Highland_(council_area)" title="Highland (council area)">Highland</a> council area and in the whole of the Scottish Highlands; only the city of <a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a> has a larger population.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fort William is a major tourist centre on the <a href="/wiki/Road_to_the_Isles" class="mw-redirect" title="Road to the Isles">Road to the Isles</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Glen_Coe" title="Glen Coe">Glen Coe</a> just to the south, <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Nevis" title="Ben Nevis">Ben Nevis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aonach_M%C3%B2r" title="Aonach Mòr">Aonach Mòr</a></span></span> to the east, and <a href="/wiki/Glenfinnan" title="Glenfinnan">Glenfinnan</a> to the west. It is a centre for <a href="/wiki/Hillwalking" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillwalking">hillwalking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Climbing" title="Climbing">climbing</a> due to its proximity to Ben Nevis and many other <a href="/wiki/Munro" title="Munro">Munros</a>. It is also known for its nearby downhill mountain bike track. It is the start/end of both the <a href="/wiki/West_Highland_Way" title="West Highland Way">West Highland Way</a> (<a href="/wiki/Milngavie" title="Milngavie">Milngavie</a> – Fort William) and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Glen_Way" title="Great Glen Way">Great Glen Way</a> (a walk/cycleway, Fort William – Inverness).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 726 people (7.33% of the population) can speak <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Gaelic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The earliest recorded settlement on the site is a <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Cromwellian</a> wooden fort, known as the Garrison of Inverlochy, built in 1654 as a base for the <a href="/wiki/New_Model_Army" title="New Model Army">New Model Army</a> to "pacify" <a href="/wiki/Clan_Cameron" title="Clan Cameron">Clan Cameron</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Wars_of_the_Three_Kingdoms" title="Wars of the Three Kingdoms">Wars of the Three Kingdoms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The post-<a href="/wiki/Glorious_Revolution" title="Glorious Revolution">1688 revolution</a> fort was named Fort William after <a href="/wiki/William_III_of_England" title="William III of England">William of Orange</a>, who ordered that it be built to control some of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_clan" title="Scottish clan">Scottish clans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The settlement that grew around it was called Maryburgh, after his wife <a href="/wiki/Mary_II_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary II of England">Mary II of England</a>. This settlement was later renamed Gordonsburgh, and then Duncansburgh before being renamed Fort William, this time after <a href="/wiki/Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cumberland" title="Prince William, Duke of Cumberland">Prince William, Duke of Cumberland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There have been various suggestions over the years to rename the town (for example, to Invernevis).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The origin of the Gaelic name for Fort William, <i><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">An Gearasdan</i></span></i>, is not recorded but could be a <a href="/wiki/Loanword" title="Loanword">loanword</a> from the English <i>garrison</i>, having entered common usage some time after the royal garrison was established during the reign of William of Orange, or perhaps after the earlier Cromwellian fort.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, the Fort William area of <a href="/wiki/Lochaber" title="Lochaber">Lochaber</a> was old <a href="/wiki/Clan_Chattan" title="Clan Chattan">Clan Chattan</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Clan_Cameron" title="Clan Cameron">Clan Cameron</a> country, and there were a number of mainly Cameron settlements in the area (such as <a href="/wiki/Blarmacfoldach" class="mw-redirect" title="Blarmacfoldach">Blarmacfoldach</a>). Before the building of the fort, <a href="/wiki/Inverlochy,_Highland" title="Inverlochy, Highland">Inverlochy</a> was the main local settlement and was also the site of two battles—the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inverlochy_(1431)" title="Battle of Inverlochy (1431)">first Battle of Inverlochy</a> in 1431 and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inverlochy_(1645)" title="Battle of Inverlochy (1645)">second Battle of Inverlochy</a> in 1645.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fortwilliam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Fortwilliam.jpg/220px-Fortwilliam.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Fortwilliam.jpg/330px-Fortwilliam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Fortwilliam.jpg/440px-Fortwilliam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="485" data-file-height="342" /></a><figcaption>Fort William from <a href="/wiki/Loch_Linnhe" title="Loch Linnhe">Loch Linnhe</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nevis_Bridge,_Fort_William,_Scotland_LOC_3450341690.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Nevis_Bridge%2C_Fort_William%2C_Scotland_LOC_3450341690.jpg/220px-Nevis_Bridge%2C_Fort_William%2C_Scotland_LOC_3450341690.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Nevis_Bridge%2C_Fort_William%2C_Scotland_LOC_3450341690.jpg/330px-Nevis_Bridge%2C_Fort_William%2C_Scotland_LOC_3450341690.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Nevis_Bridge%2C_Fort_William%2C_Scotland_LOC_3450341690.jpg/440px-Nevis_Bridge%2C_Fort_William%2C_Scotland_LOC_3450341690.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>"Nevis Bridge, Fort William, Scotland", ca. 1890–1900.</figcaption></figure> <p>The town grew in size as a settlement when the fort was constructed to control the population after <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Oliver Cromwell</a>'s invasion during the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_in_the_Wars_of_the_Three_Kingdoms" title="Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms">Wars of the Three Kingdoms</a>, and then to suppress the <a href="/wiki/Jacobite_risings" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacobite risings">Jacobite risings</a> after the 1688 <a href="/wiki/Glorious_Revolution" title="Glorious Revolution">overthrow of the House of Stuart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1745" title="Jacobite rising of 1745">1745 Jacobite Rising</a>, known as the Forty-Five, Fort William was besieged for two weeks by the Jacobite forces, from 20 March to 3 April 1746. However, although the Jacobites had captured both of the other forts in the chain of three <a href="/wiki/Great_Glen" title="Great Glen">Great Glen</a> fortifications (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Augustus" title="Fort Augustus">Fort Augustus</a> and the original <a href="/wiki/Fort_George,_Highland" title="Fort George, Highland">Fort George</a>), they failed to take Fort William.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fort_William_Sheriff_Court" title="Fort William Sheriff Court">Fort William Sheriff Court</a> held its first hearing in 1794.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1934, the <a href="/wiki/Laggan_Dam" title="Laggan Dam">Laggan Dam</a> on the <a href="/wiki/River_Spean" title="River Spean">River Spean</a> was completed as part of the <a href="/wiki/Lochaber_hydroelectric_scheme" title="Lochaber hydroelectric scheme">Lochaber hydroelectric scheme</a> by <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Beatty" title="Balfour Beatty">Balfour Beatty</a> for the <a href="/wiki/British_Aluminium_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="British Aluminium Company">British Aluminium Company</a>. The supervising engineers were the firm of C. S. Meik and William Halcrow, now known as the <a href="/wiki/Halcrow_Group" title="Halcrow Group">Halcrow Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hs_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hs-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dam was built to power the <a href="/wiki/Aluminium_smelter" class="mw-redirect" title="Aluminium smelter">aluminium smelter</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>, Fort William was the home of <a href="/wiki/HMS_St_Christopher_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS St Christopher (shore establishment)">HMS <i>St Christopher</i></a>, which was a training base for Royal Navy <a href="/wiki/British_Coastal_Forces_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="British Coastal Forces of World War II">Coastal Forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben_Nevis._From_FWVL.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ben_Nevis._From_FWVL.jpg/220px-Ben_Nevis._From_FWVL.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ben_Nevis._From_FWVL.jpg/330px-Ben_Nevis._From_FWVL.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ben_Nevis._From_FWVL.jpg/440px-Ben_Nevis._From_FWVL.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>Ben Nevis viewed from Neptune's Staircase</figcaption></figure> <p>Fort William Town Hall, which started life as an 18th-century church, was converted for municipal use in 1881. It was burnt down in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposed_development">Proposed development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Proposed development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A "waterfront" development was proposed by the council in 2007, but failed due to lack of public support.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The development would have included a hotel, shops, and housing. The proposed development was slated to take 7 years by the local council, but opponents of the project said that it was unlikely to be completed before 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was announced in April 2010 that the project had been abandoned.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FortWilliam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/FortWilliam.jpg/220px-FortWilliam.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/FortWilliam.jpg/330px-FortWilliam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/FortWilliam.jpg/440px-FortWilliam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="894" data-file-height="405" /></a><figcaption>Fort William viewed from Corpach</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FortWilliamParade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Fort William Parade and Duncansburgh MacIntosh Parish Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/FortWilliamParade.jpg/220px-FortWilliamParade.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/FortWilliamParade.jpg/330px-FortWilliamParade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/FortWilliamParade.jpg/440px-FortWilliamParade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Fort William Parade and Duncansburgh MacIntosh Parish Church</figcaption></figure> <p>The town lies at the southern end of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Glen" title="Great Glen">Great Glen</a>. Fort William lies near the head of <a href="/wiki/Loch_Linnhe" title="Loch Linnhe">Loch Linnhe</a>, one of Scotland's longest <a href="/wiki/Sea_loch" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea loch">sea lochs</a>, beside the mouth of the rivers <a href="/wiki/River_Nevis" title="River Nevis">Nevis</a> and Lochy. They join in the intertidal zone and briefly become one river before discharging to the sea. The town and its suburbs are surrounded by mountains. Its suburbs of Lochyside, Caol and Corpach are on the shore of <a href="/wiki/Loch_Eil" title="Loch Eil">Loch Eil</a>. It is close to <a href="/wiki/Ben_Nevis" title="Ben Nevis">Ben Nevis</a>, the highest mountain in the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glen_Nevis" title="Glen Nevis">Glen Nevis</a>, and the settlement of <a href="/wiki/Achnaphubuil" class="mw-redirect" title="Achnaphubuil">Achnaphubuil</a>, which is on the opposite shore of the loch. The original railway station, which was at the south end of the town, was opened on 7 August 1894.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Picture_of_countryside_outside_Fort_William.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Picture_of_countryside_outside_Fort_William.jpg/220px-Picture_of_countryside_outside_Fort_William.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Picture_of_countryside_outside_Fort_William.jpg/330px-Picture_of_countryside_outside_Fort_William.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Picture_of_countryside_outside_Fort_William.jpg/440px-Picture_of_countryside_outside_Fort_William.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Countryside just outside of Fort William</figcaption></figure> <p>The town is centred on the High Street, which was pedestrianised in the 1990s. Off this, there are several squares: Monzie Square (named after the <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Campbell_Cameron" title="Alexander Campbell Cameron">Cameron Campbells of Monzie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perthshire" title="Perthshire">Perthshire</a>, former landowners in the town); Station Square, where the long-since demolished railway station used to be; Gordon Square (named after the Gordons, who in the late 18th century owned land where the town now stands, when the town was named Gordonsburgh); and Cameron Square—formerly known as Town Hall Square. There is also Fraser Square, which is not so square-like, since it now opens out into Middle Street, but which still houses the Imperial Hotel. </p><p>The main residential areas of the town are unseen from the High Street and the <a href="/wiki/A82_road" title="A82 road">A82 main road</a>. Upper Achintore and the Plantation spread steeply uphill from above the high street. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Corpach_and_Inverlochy_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Corpach_and_Inverlochy_crop.jpg/220px-Corpach_and_Inverlochy_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Corpach_and_Inverlochy_crop.jpg/330px-Corpach_and_Inverlochy_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Corpach_and_Inverlochy_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="284" /></a><figcaption>Inverlochy, aluminium plant, Corpach and Loch Eil</figcaption></figure> <p>Inverlochy, Claggan, An-Aird, Lochyside, <a href="/wiki/Caol" title="Caol">Caol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banavie" title="Banavie">Banavie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corpach" title="Corpach">Corpach</a> outwith (i.e. outside) the town are the other main residential areas. These areas are built on much flatter land than the town. </p><p>Fort William is the northern end of the <a href="/wiki/West_Highland_Way" title="West Highland Way">West Highland Way</a>, a long-distance route which runs 95 miles (153 kilometres) through the Scottish Highlands to <a href="/wiki/Milngavie" title="Milngavie">Milngavie</a>, on the outskirts of <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, and the start/end point of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Glen_Way" title="Great Glen Way">Great Glen Way</a>, which runs between Fort William and Inverness. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Glenfinnan" title="Glenfinnan">Glenfinnan</a>, 17 miles (27 kilometres) away, is home of the Glenfinnan Monument (Jacobite era) and the famous <a href="/wiki/Glenfinnan_Viaduct" title="Glenfinnan Viaduct">Glenfinnan Viaduct</a> (as seen on a Bank Of Scotland £10 note<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). The viaduct has become known to millions in recent years as the "Harry Potter Bridge" after it featured in the films of the books by J.K. Rowling, specifically <i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Chamber_of_Secrets_(film)" title="Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)">Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</a></i>. Glenfinnan has also been used in <i><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Gray_(film)" title="Charlotte Gray (film)">Charlotte Gray</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Highlander_(film)" title="Highlander (film)">Highlander</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fort William has an oceanic climate (<i><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification#Marine_west_coast_climate" title="Köppen climate classification">Cfb</a></i>) with moderate, but generally cool, temperatures and abundant precipitation.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the towns immediate vicinity, there are significant variations in elevation, which leads to some uninhabited areas near the town having a subpolar oceanic climate (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification#Cfc:_Subpolar_oceanic_climate" title="Köppen climate classification">Cfc</a>), or, at the absolute highest elevations such as <a href="/wiki/Ben_Nevis" title="Ben Nevis">Ben Nevis</a>, a tundra climate (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification#ET:_Tundra_climate" title="Köppen climate classification">ET</a>). Fort William does not have an official <a href="/wiki/Met_Office" title="Met Office">MetOffice</a> weather station; as such, the values in the table below are simulated, and the record high and low temperatures are not available.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Fort William, United Kingdom </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(45.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC59; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2<br />(34.2) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br />(35.8) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(38.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6<br />(47.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.1<br />(37.6) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #00D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">199<br />(7.8) </td> <td style="background: #1AFF1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">140<br />(5.5) </td> <td style="background: #20FF20; color:#000000;" class="notheme">149<br />(5.9) </td> <td style="background: #86FF86; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #95FF95; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71<br />(2.8) </td> <td style="background: #91FF91; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71<br />(2.8) </td> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #6CFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #38FF38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">129<br />(5.1) </td> <td style="background: #00FD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">172<br />(6.8) </td> <td style="background: #0AFF0A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">159<br />(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #12FF12; color:#000000;" class="notheme">159<br />(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #40FF40; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,504<br />(59.4) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: scottish-places.info<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Just outside the town is a large <a href="/wiki/Aluminium" title="Aluminium">aluminium</a> plant once operated by <a href="/wiki/Alcan" title="Alcan">Alcan</a> and powered by the <a href="/wiki/Lochaber_hydroelectric_scheme" title="Lochaber hydroelectric scheme">Lochaber hydroelectric scheme</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in its day the biggest tunnelling project in the world. This was formerly served by the <a href="/wiki/Lochaber_Narrow_Gauge_Railway" title="Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway">Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway</a> better known locally as the Puggy Line. </p><p>In November 2016, <a href="/wiki/Sanjeev_Gupta" title="Sanjeev Gupta">Sanjeev Gupta</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Liberty_House_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberty House Group">Liberty House Group</a> purchased the Lochaber aluminum plant from the <a href="/wiki/Rio_Tinto_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Rio Tinto Group">Rio Tinto Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-atdt_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atdt-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 April 2021, it came to light during Gupta's financial troubles involving <a href="/wiki/Greensill_Capital" title="Greensill Capital">Greensill Capital</a> that the Jahama Highland Estates (formerly the "<a href="/wiki/Alcan" title="Alcan">Alcan</a> Estate") had been purchased in 2016 as part of the <a href="/wiki/Rio_Tinto_Mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Rio Tinto Mines">Rio Tinto Mines</a> deal for the Lochaber aluminium plant, because the furnace requires so much power that the smelter is located near a hydroelectric plant, which drains the basin of the 114,000-acre (46,000-hectare) Estate. </p><p>The Estate includes the north face of <a href="/wiki/Ben_Nevis" title="Ben Nevis">Ben Nevis</a>. According to reports, the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> mandated that the Estate never be split from the hydro plant and aluminium smelter, but Gupta ignored them and placed ownership of the Estate in a company that is domiciled on the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>. The 2016 deal was worth £330 million and was guaranteed by the UK <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a>. Conservative finance spokesperson <a href="/wiki/Murdo_Fraser" title="Murdo Fraser">Murdo Fraser</a> was critical of the alleged breach of the SNP agreement and urged the SNP to "take whatever steps are necessary to protect public funds".<sup id="cite_ref-ogdt_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogdt-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_William_sleeper.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Fort_William_sleeper.jpg/220px-Fort_William_sleeper.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Fort_William_sleeper.jpg/330px-Fort_William_sleeper.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Fort_William_sleeper.jpg/440px-Fort_William_sleeper.jpg 2x" data-file-width="704" data-file-height="494" /></a><figcaption>Arrival at Fort William of the overnight <a href="/wiki/Caledonian_Sleeper" title="Caledonian Sleeper">sleeper</a> train from London Euston.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/West_Highland_Line" title="West Highland Line">West Highland Line</a> passes through Fort William. Owing to the difficult terrain in the area, the line from <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> to the south enters from the north-east. Trains from Glasgow to <a href="/wiki/Mallaig" title="Mallaig">Mallaig</a>, the terminus of the line, have to reverse at <a href="/wiki/Fort_William_railway_station" title="Fort William railway station">Fort William railway station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An overnight train, the <a href="/wiki/Caledonian_Sleeper" title="Caledonian Sleeper">Caledonian sleeper</a>, has its terminus at Fort William; this service is known colloquially as "The Deerstalker".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stands for local buses and express coaches are on MacFarlane Way adjacent to the railway station.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Caledonian_Canal" title="Caledonian Canal">Caledonian Canal</a> connects the Scottish east coast at <a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a> with the west coast at <a href="/wiki/Corpach" title="Corpach">Corpach</a>, near Fort William.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Corran Ferry crosses <a href="/wiki/Loch_Linnhe" title="Loch Linnhe">Loch Linnhe</a>, connecting the A82 to A861.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fort William is located on the <a href="/wiki/A82_road" title="A82 road">A82</a>. The closest motorway access is the junction after Erskine bridge (just off the A82) of the <a href="/wiki/M898_motorway" title="M898 motorway">M898</a> near <a href="/wiki/Erskine,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Erskine, Scotland">Erskine</a> in Renfrewshire, 98 miles to the south west, joining onto the M8 motorway and the south.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles#Stay_on_topic" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles"><span title="The material near this tag may contain information that is not relevant to the article's main topic. Why does the closest motorway access matter? (September 2024)">relevant?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health">Health</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main hospital in Lochaber is <a href="/wiki/Belford_Hospital" title="Belford Hospital">Belford Hospital</a> in Fort William.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023 exploratory work began to replace the hospital, with construction expected to begin in the Blar Mhor area near Caol in 2025, with an estimated completion date of 2028.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024 funding issues resulted in a potential delay to the construction of the new hospital with protests taking place in Fort William.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lochaber_High_School" title="Lochaber High School">Lochaber High School</a> is the local high school and serves a large catchment area which includes the surrounding villages. </p><p><a href="/wiki/West_Highland_College" title="West Highland College">West Highland College</a> is part of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Highlands_and_Islands" title="University of the Highlands and Islands">University of the Highlands and Islands</a>. 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A <a href="/wiki/Bike_trials_riding" class="mw-redirect" title="Bike trials riding">trials</a> competition is held at the various courses at the bottom. </p><p>Fort William has hosted the World Endurance Mountain Bike Organisation (WEMBO) solo 24-hour championship in 2014 and again in 2018. The event consists of riders racing for a full 24 hours and is won by the rider who has completed the greater number of laps. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Motorcycle_trials">Motorcycle trials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Motorcycle trials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fort William is the home of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Six_Days_Trial" title="Scottish Six Days Trial">Scottish Six Day</a> Motorcycle <a href="/wiki/Motorcycle_trials" title="Motorcycle trials">Trial</a> (SSDT), which is held annually in the first full week of May. It attracts many competitors from all across the globe and, in 2011, the event celebrated its centenary year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Others">Others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fort William has two major <a href="/wiki/Shinty" title="Shinty">shinty</a> teams: <a href="/wiki/Fort_William_Shinty_Club" title="Fort William Shinty Club">Fort William Shinty Club</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kilmallie_Shinty_Club" title="Kilmallie Shinty Club">Kilmallie Shinty Club</a>. It also has a football team, <a href="/wiki/Fort_William_F.C." title="Fort William F.C.">Fort William F.C.</a>, that competes in the Scottish North Caledonian League and plays home games at <a href="/wiki/Claggan_Park" title="Claggan Park">Claggan Park</a>. There is also a cricket club at Fort William that participates in the North of Scotland Cricket Association league (NoSCA). </p><p>In addition, the town is home to Lochaber Rugby Club and to the Lochaber Yacht Club, a <a href="/wiki/Community_Amateur_Sports_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Community Amateur Sports Club">Community Amateur Sports Club</a> that was founded in 1954. The town also has one golf club, called Fort William Golf Club, which has eighteen holes and is open year-round; it also hosts weekly competitions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Festivals">Festivals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a celebration of mountains and the culture that surrounds them, and in recognition of the importance of climbing and walking tourism to the town, the <a href="/wiki/Fort_William_Mountain_Festival" title="Fort William Mountain Festival">Fort William Mountain Festival</a> is held there each year. 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(September 2014)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> this volunteer-led festival has concentrated mostly around film but, starting in the Year of Highland Culture – Highland 2007, its scope was widened, and it dropped the word 'film' from its title.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Fort_William,_Scotland" title="Special:EditPage/Fort William, Scotland">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Alexander" title="Danny Alexander">Danny Alexander</a> (born 1972), the former <a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Chief Secretary to the Treasury">Chief Secretary to the Treasury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Inverness,_Nairn,_Badenoch_and_Strathspey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)">Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey</a>. Brought up in <a href="/wiki/Invergarry" title="Invergarry">Invergarry</a>, a small village near Fort William.</li> <li>Colonel <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Cochrane" title="Hugh Cochrane">Hugh Cochrane</a> (1829–1884), recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> for actions during the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Hutchison" title="Barry Hutchison">Barry Hutchison</a>, author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kennedy" title="Charles Kennedy">Charles Kennedy</a> (1959–2015), former leader of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> party and former <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Ross,_Skye_and_Lochaber_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)">Ross, Skye and Lochaber</a>. Although born in <a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a>, he was brought up and educated in Fort William.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_MacDonald_(poet)" title="Allan MacDonald (poet)">Allan MacDonald</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">Maighstir Alein, An t-Athair Ailean Dòmhnallach</i>) (1859–1905), <a href="/wiki/Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Priesthood in the Catholic Church">Roman Catholic priest</a>, folklore collector, pastor in <a href="/wiki/South_Uist" title="South Uist">South Uist</a> & <a href="/wiki/Eriskay" title="Eriskay">Eriskay</a> and poet who helped create modern <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_literature" title="Scottish Gaelic literature">Scottish Gaelic literature</a>, was born and brought up in Fort William.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McGinlay" title="John McGinlay">John McGinlay</a> (born 1964), former <a href="/wiki/Scotland_men%27s_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotland men's national football team">Scotland international footballer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Mackellar" title="Mary Mackellar">Mary Mackellar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">Màiri NicEalair</i>) (1834–1890), poet and literary translator, was born and brought up in Fort William</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_McAllister_and_Justin_Ryan" title="Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan">Justin Ryan</a>, interior decorator and television presenter, although born in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, was brought up in Fort William.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Shearer" title="Duncan Shearer">Duncan Shearer</a> (born 1962), former <a href="/wiki/Scotland_men%27s_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotland men's national football team">Scotland international footballer</a></li> <li>Colonel <a href="/wiki/John_Augustus_Wood" title="John Augustus Wood">John Wood</a> (1818–1878), recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions during the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Persian_War" title="Anglo-Persian War">Anglo-Persian War</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_William,_Scotland&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Gaelic">[ən<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈkʲɛɾəs̪t̪ən]</a></span>; "The Garrison"; formerly <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">Baile Mairi</i> and <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Gearasdan dubh Inbhir-Lochaidh</i></span>; <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">The Black Garrison of Inverlochy</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>,;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots language">Scots</a>: <i lang="sco">The Fort</i>, formerly <span title="Scots-language text"><i lang="sco">Maryburgh</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span 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title="Oban">Oban</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ballachulish" title="Ballachulish">Ballachulish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inveraray" title="Inveraray">Inveraray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dunoon" title="Dunoon">Dunoon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bridge_of_Orchy" title="Bridge of Orchy">Bridge of Orchy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crianlarich" title="Crianlarich">Crianlarich</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a></b></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Lochaber" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Ach' An Todhair">Ach' An Todhair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%27_Chill" title="A' Chill">A' Chill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achaphubuil" title="Achaphubuil">Achaphubuil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acharacle" title="Acharacle">Acharacle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achnaha" title="Achnaha">Achnaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achluachrach" title="Achluachrach">Achluachrach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achriabhach" title="Achriabhach">Achriabhach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardechive" title="Ardechive">Ardechive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardmolich" title="Ardmolich">Ardmolich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardshealach" title="Ardshealach">Ardshealach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardtoe" title="Ardtoe">Ardtoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arisaig" title="Arisaig">Arisaig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Back_of_Keppoch" title="Back of Keppoch">Back of Keppoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballachulish" title="Ballachulish">Ballachulish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banavie" 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