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874 FORT AUGUSTUS.
tance of only 150 feet from the shore,
the greatest ascertained depth being in
the centre off Lower Lenie, where it is
751 feet from Glen Moriston to within 2
miles of Abriachan, a stretch" of about
12 miles; its general depth exceeds 700
feet, and an area of 500 feet depth extends
-without a break from within a mile of
Fort Augustus to Abriachan, the breadth
varying from one-half to one-third of a
mile : the bottom of the loch is nearly 700
feet blow the level of the sea. The popu-
lation in 1891 was Gil, and in 1901, 800.
Post, T. & M. O. 0. & S. B. ; Miss Isabella
McAlpine, postmistress. Letters arrive
through Inverness. Delivery, 7 p.m.;
dispatch, 6 a.m
Police Station, Wm. Sutherland, constable
Public Hall, Library & Beading Boom, Wm.
Macdouald, seo
VOLUNTEEBS.
1st (Inverness-shire Highland) Volunteer
Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron High-
landers (K Co.), Major H. Blackburn
PLACES OF WOBSHIP.
Established Church, Eev. William Craig
Flint M.A
United Free Church, Bev.Jn. Stuart Mackay
-Catholic Church (St Benedict's Abbey),
Bight Bev. Leo Linae, abbot
SCHOOLS.
Board School, John D. Bobertson M.A.
master
Boman Catholic (St. Columba's), Miss
Brookes, teacher
CONVEYANCE BY WATEB,
On the Caledonian Canal.
Steamers ply between Inverness, Fort
William & Glasgow, & vice versa, & call
-at all piers; also a steamer daily (carry-
ing the mails) between Inverness & Fort
Augustus ; Peter Masson, agent, Fort
Augustus
MAIL GIGS.
Envergarry to Fort William, in connection
with the Lochness mail steamer; leaves
the former place at 6.15 a.m. for Spean-
bridge, returning from Speanbridge at
12.10 p.m. daily (sunday excepted) ;
Hugh Macdonald
Fort Augustus to Invergarry, in connection
with the Lochness mail steamer; leaves
'the former place at 7 p.m., returning
to Fort Augustus at 10 p.m.; Alex.
MacGregor
PBIVATE BESIDENTS.
Aogelo Martin K. Cullachy
Daniell Mrs. Inveroich
Douglas Mrs. Gilsland villa
Flint Bev. William Craig M.A. (Estab-
lished), The Manse
Jack Wesley W
Johnston Dirgald S. Oak bank
Linse Bight Bev. Leo (B. O
Macdonald William, Mount Pleasant
Mackay Bev.John Stuart, United Free manse
Seal Major Molyneux, Inchnacardoch
Wheble Miss
Wolseley Colonel, Ardochy
COMMEBCIAL.
Aitchison John, baker
Aitchison Thomas, registrar of births, mar-
riages & deaths
Bruce James, boot maker
Caledonian Banking Co. Limited (branch)
(Wesley W. Jack, agent) ; draw on Bank
of Scotland. London E C
Cameron Bobert, temperance hotel
Cameron Bobert, highland sticV maker
Campbell Mary A. (Mrs.), grocer
'Campbell Donald, painter
Chisholm Annie (Mrs.), private hotel
•Chisholm Duncan, mason
-Curling Club {Wesley W. Jack, sec. &
treas)
Fort Augustus Golf Club (Wesley W. Jack.,
sec. & treas)
Eraser Margaret (Mrs.), grocer
Frasher Bichard McBean, inland revenue
officer
'Grant Angus, grocer & wine & spirit dlr
Imray Jane Ann (Mrs.), grocer & draper
Johnston Dugald S., M.D. physician & sur-
geon, Old Bank
McAlpine Isabella (Miss), postmistress
McAlpine William, coal merchant
M'Donald Bonald, butcher
Macdonald John, apartments, Beulah villa
M'Donald John, band loom weaver
t-ovat Arms, Station Hotel (Miss
Rankin, manageress)
Mactlonald Sarah (Mrs.), grocer & draper
"Maodonell Archibald, carpenter
McLean John, blacksmith
1NVEENESS-SHIEE.
Masson Peter, grocer & agent for David
MacBravne's steamers
Matheson'Alexander, highland stick maker
Munro Alexander,- carpenter
Munro Alexander, tailor
Public Hall, Library & Beading Boom (Wm.
Macdonald, sec)
Bose James, fruiterer
Smith John, mason
Tail William, saddler & boot & shoe maker
Thompson Andrew, nlumber
Williamson Mrs. grocer
FABHEB.
Cameron John, Auchterawe
FOE.T G-EOBG-E, see Ardeksier.
FORT "WILLIAM is a town, port and
police burgh in the parish of JXilmallie, in
the Lorn poor combination, and is the head
of a small debt court ; it lies a little south
of the entrance to the Caledonian Canal, at
the head of Loch Linnhe, 65 miles south-
west from Inverness. The fort from which
it takes its name, standing at the east end
of the town, was originally constructed by
Cromwell, in 1655, and rebuilt by William
III. in 1690; it stood two sieges in 1715
and 174*5, and up to 1854 was garrisoned
by a company of a line regiment : after
the Crimean war the 71st Highlanders and
the Lancashire militia were successively
stationed here, but in 1860 the fort was
sold by the Government to Mrs. Cameron
Campbell, of Menzie : the former barracks
have been converted into dwelling houses,
and the moat into gardens. This place has
been successively known by the names of
Gordonsbnrgh, Duncansburgh and Mary-
burcrh. The West Highland railway from
Helensburgh has a station here, and a
number of steamers ply daily to Oban, in
connection with the railway there. Com-
munication is also maintained with Glasgow
and Inverness by the Caledonian and
Crinan canals several times daily during
the summer, and twice a week in winter.
The chief industry is the distilling of
whisky; the famous ''Long John's Dew
of Ben Nevis " being manufactured here,
but the town is also the centre of a large
sheep farming district. Fishing is carried
on to a smalf extent, and it is a place of
considerable resort for the tourist and the
traveller in the summer months. In the
river Lochy, to the north-east of the town.
[skater's
High street is a monument, erected in
1852, to the late William Kennedy esq.
M.D. and in the garden of the Free Church
manse is a marble statue of Dr. Chalmers.
The Belford Hospital, erected and endowed
in 1865, by the late Andrew Belford, of
Glenfintaig, for the inhabitants of Lochaber,
is a plain but substantial building at tha
east end of the town, and will hold 30
patients. A Fever Hospital, for 8 patients,
connected with this institution, was erected
in 1894. Half a mile from the town is the
Nevis distillery, belonging to Messrs. D. P.
M'Donald and Sons, the Ben Nevis dis-
tillery, belonging to the same firm, being
situated about two miles from Fort William.
These works give employment to upwards
of 200 hands. The principal hotels are the
Chevalier, Caledonian, Imperial, Ben Nevis,
Alexandra, the West End, from which a
splendid view is obtained of the lake and
the Ardgour hills, the Station, the Palace,
a fine structure of red sandstone, and the
Argyll. Markets are held at different
periods throughout the year, and there are
weekly auction sales of live stock. Fairs
are held on the fourth Wednesday in March,
the second Wednesdays in June and Novem-
ber, Tuesday after second Thursday in
July, and Tuesday fortnight before Falkirk
Tryst in October. Donald Cameron esq.
of Lochiel, Sir John M. Stirling Maxwell
bart. M.P., D.L. of Pollock House, Pollock-
shaws, and Mrs. Lucy Cameron, of Callart,
are the principal landowners. The popula-
tion in 1891 was 1,870, and in 1901, 2,087;
rateable value, £12,192.
Post, T. & M. O. O. & S. B. ; Alexander
Anderson Noble, postmaster. Deliveries,
7 & 10.30 a.m. & 4.30 p.m. (sunday ex-
cepted); dispatches, 3.30 a.m. June to
Sept.; 9 a.m. Oct. to May; 7.40 a.m.
Oct. to May; 8.30 a.m. June to Sept.;
9.35 a.m. Oct. to June; 8.6 a.m. July
to Sept. & 12.45 p.m. July to Sept. ;
3.10 & 2.45 p.m. Oct. to June; 3.50 p.m.
July to Sept
POLICE BUBGH.
Chief Magistrate, Colin Young
Bailies, N. B.. Mackenzie & John Cameron
Six Commissioners
Clerk, Donald Fraser
Town Chamberlain, John Watson
Burgh Prosecutor, Duncan Macniven
Surveyor, C. J. M. Mackintosh C.E
Medical Officer, A. C. Miller M.D
Sanitary Inspector, L. Mackintosh
.. long established and sometimes very ^ olioe Q ffic e / Alexander Chisholm .inspector
productive salmon fishery. A substantial
stone quay was erected here in 1834 by the
Society for Promoting the British Fisheries,
and by subscriptions, at an expense of
SHEBIFF COUBT,
County buildings.
Sheriff Substitute, Donald Davidson
about £1,500. A suspension bridge of 2o0 ; p rocura t or Fiscal, Duncan Macniven
feet span has been erected over the river Sneri g clerk Depute, Hector Fraser
Lochy by Donald Cameron esq. of Lochiel, sheriff Officer, Thomas Hutchinson
at a cost of about £2,000. The town is
lighted by electricity, and there is an
abundant supply of excellent water. There
are branches here of the British Linen Co.
Bank, the Bank of Scotland, and the
National Bank of Scotland Limited. Fort
William is governed by Police Commission-
ers. The sheriff substitute holds a court
here every Thursday during the session,
and a justice of the peace court is held
on the third Tuesday in April and the
fourth Tuesday in October. St. Andrew's
Episcopal Church, erected during the period
1875-84, at the cost of G. B. Davy esq. of
Spean Lodge, on the site of the old church
built in 1817, is an edifice of red granite,
in the Early French Gothic style, consist-
ing of chancel, nave, and a tower with spire
containing 4 bells ; all the windows are
stained, and include memorial windows to
Bishops Low, Ewing and Mackarness, of
the diocese of Argyll and the Isles, and to
Dr. Pusey of Oxford: the church affords
250 sittings. The Established Church is a
building in the Gothic style, with a manse
and fine garden adjoining, and there is
also a United Free Church with a manse.
The Beading Boom and Library were pre-
sented to the town by Mrs. Cameron Lucy
as a memorial to her mother, Mrs. Cameron
Campbell of Monzie : there is also a
low -level observatory, where daily obser-
vations are made in connection with the
observatory on Ben Nevis. On a rocky
elevation known as " the Craigs "" is an
arch, once in the fort: here also within
an enclosure is a fountain erected as a
memorial to Daniel Stewart MacLaren esq.
some time Procurator Fiscal, and on the
summit of a rock stands a monument to
Ewen MacLaohlan of Lochaber, scholar and
poet. In 1847 an obelisk of granite, 30 feet
high, was set up by Sir Duncan Cameron
bart. to hiB brother, Capt. Peter Cameron
H E T.C S d. at Blackheath in 1843. In
PABISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, Donald Cameron of Lochiel
Inspector of Poor, John Bobertson
Assistant of Poor, John M. Bobertson
Begistrar, John Bobertson
INLAND BEVENUE OFFICE.
Supervisor, Joseph Newman
Officers, Henry Anderson & Wm. Speechly
Sub-Distributor of Stamps, Alexander
Anderson Noble
Begistrar of Births & Deaths for Forfc
William & Ardgour, John Bobertson
Scottish Meteorological Society's Observa-
tories, Ben Nevis & Low Level Station,
AngUB Bankin, superintendent
VOLTJNTEEBS.
1st (Inverness-shire Highland) Volunteer
Battalion Q. O. Cameron Highlanders (B
Co.), Drill hall, Cameron square; Capt.
Hector Fraser; Surg. -Capt. J. Miller
M.D. medical officer; Colour-Sergeant, P.
McLauchlin, drill instructor
BELFOED HOSPITAL.
Trustees, Bight Hon. Lord Abinger, Sir
John Stirling Maxwell, Mrs. Ellice, The
Mackintosh of Mackintosh, Donald
Cameron, of Lochiel, Colonel Walker,
Mrs. Cameron Lucy, Alexander I.M'Lean,
Donald Davidson, John M'Donald, A. W. .
Macdonald, A. S. MTntyre & G. H.
Strutt
Secretary & Treasurer, N. B. Mackenzie
Matron, Miss W. Hume
Medical Officer.A. Cameron Miller M.D. , CM
Auditor, J. M. Bobertson
Fort William Public Hall Co. Limited,
Daniel M'Leish, sec. & treasurer
Fort William Lodge, No. 43 (Freemasons),
Andrew Stewart, sec. ; Donald Cameron,
treasurer; John Wilkinson, steward