Old Travel Blog Photograph Single Track North Ford Causeway North Uist Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the singe track, with passing places, North Ford Causeway which links Benbecula and North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It took up to 90 workers, many from north east Scotland in the early stages, three years to complete. Before the road, the crossing had to be made by boat or walking across mud and sand banks at low tide. Guides were available to escort travellers, but the walk was about four miles long and the sea only remained low enough to make the crossing for an hour at a time. North Uist is the tenth largest Scottish island. North Uist was hit hard during the Highland Clearances, and there was large scale emigration from the island to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. North Uist surnames affected during the clearances were the MacAulay, Morrison, MacCodrum, MacCuish, and MacDonald. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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