Tour Scotland video shot this morning of a drive through Glen Quaich in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. This is a very narrow Scottish road, and you will see me, on the drive, pull into a Passing Place to allow another vehicle to get passed. Glen Quaich runs North West from Amulree. From the furthest point the River Quaich runs South East from the hills into Loch Freuchie. Along the shore line of Loch Freuchie there are several sites of ruined communities. These communities would have several houses, sometimes a mill and would have been home to perhaps 10 to 15 families. In the 18th century when communities in Loch Tay were being vacated as a result of the new farming and tenancy agreements brought about by the Marquis of Breadalbane, many families moved to Glen Quaich. The families however did not remain in Glen Quaich for long. In the early 1800s around three hundred crofters left the glen to resettle in Canada. After a three month voyage they colonised the Easthope area of Ontario and named their settlements Amulree and Glenquaich.
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