Tour Scotland travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the Isle of Harris, Scottish Gaelic: Na Hearadh, on visit to the Outer Hebrides. Although not an island itself, Harris is often referred to as the Isle of Harris, which divides naturally into northern and southern parts which are separated by West and East Loch Tarbert. The southern part of Harris is less mountainous, with numerous unspoilt, white sandy beaches on the west coast. The beaches of Luskentyre and Scarista are amongst the most spectacular. There had already been a mass emigration from the islands in the 1770s, after a series of years of poor crops, and this intensified as crofters used their capital to pay their fare across the Atlantic, from Lewis to mainland Nova Scotia, from North Uist and Harris to Cape Breton, Canada, and from South Uist to Cape Breton and to Prince Edward Island. In the rural areas of the Outer Hebrides, emigration to the Scottish mainland remains the norm for most children, as the economy at home offers only limited opportunities. Little is known of the history of the peoples of the Hebrides before the 6th century as they, like the rest of Scotland, were in the depths of what centuries later became known as the Dark Ages. The first written records of the islands come with the arrival of St. Columba in the 6th century. It was this Irish-Scottish saint who first brought Christianity to the islands, founding several churches.
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