Old Photographs Mallaig Lochaber Scotland

Old photographs of Mallaig a port on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands. It was founded in the 1840s, when Lord Lovat, owner of North Morar Estate, divided up the farm of Mallaigvaig into seventeen parcels of land and encouraged his tenants to move to the western part of the peninsula and turn to fishing as a way of life. The population and local economy expanded rapidly in the 20th century with the arrival of the railway. The local railway station is the terminus of the West Highland railway line. Mallaig is still the main commercial fishing port on the West Coast of Scotland. Caledonian MacBrayne ferries sail from the port to Armadale on the Isle of Skye, Inverie in Knoydart, and to the isles of Rùm, Eigg, Muck, and Canna. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland.

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