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On the east shore of Loch Broom, Ullapool was founded in 1788 as a herring port by the British Fisheries Society. [7] It was designed by Thomas Telford. Prior to 1788 the town was only an insignificant hamlet made up of just over 20 households. [8] The harbour is used as a fishing port, yachting haven, and ferry port.
The Highland Council election, 2007: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count SNP: Jean Urquhart: 1,486 26.1 1 1 Liberal Democrats: Biz Campbell: 1,242 21.8 2 1 Independent: Richard Greene: 792 13.9 3 7 Independent: Audrey Sinclair: 608 10.7 4 9 Conservative: John Scott 451 7.9 Labour: Christine Conniff 354 6.2 ...
Wester Ross (Scottish Gaelic: Ros an Iar) is an area of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the council area of Highland.The area is loosely defined, and has never been used as a formal administrative region in its own right, [2] but is generally regarded as lying to the west of the main watershed of Ross (the eastern part of Ross being Easter Ross), thus forming the western half of the ...
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Alasdair was born in Glasgow to parents Norman and Kathleen Gillies and lived there for the first eleven years of his life before moving to Ullapool, a fishing village on the West of Scotland where his father took on the position of piping instructor for the schools in Wester Ross. [1]
The region comprises Wester Ross, Assynt, Sutherland and part of Caithness. The Caledonian Canal, which extends from Loch Linnhe in the south-west, via Loch Ness to the Moray Firth in the north-east splits this area from the rest of the country. The city of Inverness and the town of Fort William serve as gateways to the region from the south.
In 2006, Leiths (Scotland) Ltd commenced quarrying operations on the site, supplying concrete for precast blocks for the Raasay Ferry Terminal. Leiths and Ferguson Transport have created a new joint venture company, Kishorn Port Limited to promote the regeneration of the Yard and the dry dock as a manufacturing centre for the offshore ...
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