Loch Treig is a deep freshwater loch situated in a steep-sided glen 20km east of Fort William, in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland.[1] While there are no roads alongside the loch, the West Highland Line follows its eastern bank.
Since 1929 Loch Treig has been a reservoir, retained behind the Treig Dam, forming part of the Lochaber hydro-electric scheme, which required diversion of the West Highland Railway.[2] The increase in water level following the construction of the dam submerged the hamlets of Kinlochtreig and Creaguaineach at the loch's southern end, which were stopping points on a cattle drovers' road along the Road to the Isles, which linked up Lochaber and the Inner Hebrides to markets in Perthshire in the south.
The 2022 documentary film The Hermit of Treig profiles Ken Smith, an elderly man who has spent much of his life living in a rustic cabin on the shores of Loch Treig.[3]
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^Wendy Ide, "The Hermit of Treig – splendid isolation in the wilds of Scotland". The Guardian, 27 March 2022.
LochTreig is a deep freshwater loch situated in a steep-sided glen 20km east of Fort William, in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. While there are no roads...
spent 40 years living in relative isolation in a cabin on the shores of LochTreig in the Scottish Highlands. The film premiered on 5 March 2022 at the Glasgow...
Dornoch) Loch an Laoigh (south of Achnashellach) Loch Laoigh (near Dornoch) Loch na Lap (east of LochTreig) Loch na Larach (Oldshoremore, Sutherland) Loch Laro...
and subsequent maintenance of a 15-mile-long (24-kilometre) tunnel from LochTreig to a factory near Fort William in Scotland. The tunnel was excavated to...
names for natural bodies of water. For example, the Loch Sloy scheme and Lochs Laggan and Treig (which form part of the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme...
Spean and River Treig, and the northern flanks of the Grey Corries and Ben Nevis. There are two principle reservoirs, LochTreig and Loch Laggan (which...
painted in a special "Rainbow" livery. In June 2012, 66734 derailed at LochTreig whilst working 6S45 North Blyth–Fort William and was consequently cut...
cubic metres (1.4 billion cubic feet). Water from the dam is conveyed to LochTreig through three miles (5 kilometres) of tunnel. From there, the waters travel...
Mòr (1010 m) Stob Bàn (999.7 m) Mullach nan Coirean (939.3 m) 4c. LochTreig to Loch Ericht Ben Alder (1148 m) Beinn Bheòil (1019 m) Geal-Chàrn (1132 m)...
(§ DoBIH codes) 1 1 Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis) 1891 04A: Fort William to LochTreig & Loch Leven Highland 1,344.527 1,344.527 4,411.18 4,411.18 41 NN166712 Ma...
a’ Phuirt NR741805 Knapdale Easan Dubh Allt na Lairige NN307695 near LochTreig Easan Dubh Allt Easain Duibh NH387912 east of Freevater Forest Easan Dubha...
into LochTreig) Abhainn Rath (flows into LochTreig) Abhainn Ghuilbinn (L) (River Ossian upstream of Loch Ghuilbinn) River Pattack (flows into Loch Laggan)...
Benevean Loch Laggan and LochTreig - both part of the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme Loch Monar - part of the Strathfarrar hydroelectric scheme Loch Quoich...
level. Carrying on northwards, the line descends above the shores of LochTreig and through the narrow Monessie Gorge. The final stop before Fort William...
Lochaber, at the southern head of LochTreig. A small but very craggy peak, Creag Ghuanach rises steeply from the Loch below. The nearest village is Roybridge...
Fersit was a remote rural temporary private halt at the north end of LochTreig where workers were housed who worked on the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme...
Scottish Highlands and is in the Highland council area. The River Treig, the outlet of LochTreig, runs past Fersit. Fersit had a small station on the West Highland...
18 kilometres east of Fort William. It stands on the western side of LochTreig, along with its "twin", the Munro Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin (1105 metres)...
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