Tour Scotland very short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the Island of Soay, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit near the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides. Soay lies to the west of Loch Scavaig on the south west coast of Isle of Skye, from which it is separated by Soay Sound. Previously mainly Scottish Gaelic-speaking, most of the population was evacuated, at their request, to Isle of Mull on 20 June 1953 due to the poor ferry schedule in the Winter when it was frequently cancelled due to bad weather, since when the island has been sparsely populated. In 2001 the population was 7. By 2003 this had dwindled to 2[ and the usually resident population in 2011 were three people.
In 1946, author Gavin Maxwell bought the island and established a factory to process shark oil from basking sharks. The enterprise was unsuccessful, lasting just three years. After the failure of the business the island was sold on to Maxwell's business partner, Tex Geddes. The island had the first solar powered telephone exchange in the world.
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