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Lochaber's main town of Fort William was governed as a police burgh with a town council from 1875. [29] A local government district called Lochaber was created in 1930, when Scotland's parish councils were abolished.
The Commando Memorial is a Category A listed monument in Lochaber, Scotland, dedicated to the men of the original British Commando Forces raised during World War II.Situated around a mile from Spean Bridge, it overlooks the training areas of the Commando Training Depot established in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle.
Lochaber (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Abar) is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Antigonish County. [1] Today it is known for its strawberries, and its annual Strawberry Festival. [2] The community was named after Lochaber, a mountainous area of Inverness-shire, in Scotland, from where came the first settlers. [3]
Fort William [a] is a town in the Lochaber region of the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe in the Highland Council of Scotland.. At the 2011 census, Fort William had a population of 15,757, making it the second-largest settlement both in the Highland council area and in the whole of the Scottish Highlands; only the city of Inverness has a larger population.
Articles related to Lochaber, a name applied to areas of the Scottish Highlands.Historically, it consisted of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creation of Quoad Sacra parishes in the 19th century; this Lochaber extended from the Northern shore of Loch Leven, a district called Nether Lochaber, to beyond Spean Bridge and Roy Bridge ...
Due to the secret nature of this training, the British Government prevented people from visiting much of Lochaber by preventing the crossing of non-residents over the Caledonian Canal. [ 1 ] The CBTC trained both British Commandos and foreign nationals from occupied countries such as France , Greece , Norway and Poland as well as some Germans ...
The Glenfinnan Monument is a Category A listed monument in Glenfinnan, Lochaber, erected in 1814 and dedicated to the Scottish Highlanders who fought in the Jacobite Army during the Jacobite rising of 1745. [1] By 1814, Jacobitism was no longer a political threat to the House of Hanover.
The Lord of Lochaber was a title in the peerage of Scotland. Lochaber , historically consisted of the former parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig , prior to the reduction of these parishes, extending from the northern shore of Loch Leven to beyond Spean Bridge and Roy Bridge, known as Brae Lochaber.