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Loch Bràigh Horrisdale is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch in Wester Ross, in the north west of Scotland. The loch lies approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) south southeast of the village of Badachro and is close to the Fairy Lochs. An in-river hydro-electric scheme down-stream of the loch has been proposed.
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Loch Ewe (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Iùbh) is a sea loch in the region of Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.The shores are inhabited by a traditionally Gàidhlig-speaking people [1] living in or sustained by crofting villages, [2] the most notable of which, situated on the north-eastern shore, is the Aultbea settlement.
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.
A considerable part of the loch is leased for aquaculture, with fish farming, originally only of salmon but now somewhat diversified, being established in the 1980s. A local legend holds that the absence of resident swans in Loch Sunart is the result of a doomed love affair between a Celtic chieftain and a local girl.
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 renewables industry. [8] In January 2017, it was announced that Kishorn Port Ltd had been awarded £500,000 to test and revamp the dry dock gates.
A dead oarfish found along the Southern California coast marks the state's third sighting of the so-called "doomsday fish" this year.. The roughly 10-foot oarfish was discovered on Nov. 6. at a ...
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