Old Photograph River Carron Attadale Scotland

Old photograph of the River Carron in Attadale, Wester Ross, Scotland. The River Carron, Scottish Gaelic: Carrann, is a west coast river in the Highlands. The river rises in Ledgowan Forest. It gathers its head streams through Carron Bog, then enters Loch Scaven and flows out from there. From Achnashellach the river meanders twelve miles South West through the broad strath of Glen Carron and expands at one part into Loch Doule. About two miles further South West, it enters the Inner Sound at the head of Loch Carron near Achintee. The A890 and a branch of the Highland railway, which extends to Kyle of Lochalsh, runs along part of the river's South East shore. Stocking of juvenile Atlantic salmon into the River Carron has brought this fish back from the brink of local extinction. Having made a dramatic recovery, the salmon has contributed to an improvement in the biodiversity of the whole area with kingfishers now established locally, as well as increased numbers of ospreys visiting.



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