Cannich

Cannich ( Scottish Gaelic: Canaich ) is a village in the Highlands Council Area in Scotland. It is in Strathglass, the valley of the River Glass, about 20 kilometers west of Drumnadrochit, on the confluence of the River Affric and Cannich River to River Glass. Cannich is a popular starting point for hikes and mountain tours in Glen Affric.

History

The valley Strathglass and its towns were originally part of the territory of the Clan Chisholm. The clan was one of the supporters of the Jacobite, on the run after the battle of Culloden in 1746 hid Bonnie Prince Charlie and Lord Lovat in the woods around Cannich and Glen Affric the. While the prince to escape finally succeeded Lord Lovat was captured in the neighboring Strathfarrar and later beheaded on Tower Hill in London.

How many parts of the Highlands was hit by the Highland Clearances, which led to a significant decline in population Strathglass. From about 1830, the valley was largely depopulated and served mainly sheep farming and hunting. Among the large landowners west of Cannich included the very American horse breeder Walter Winans.

From the late 1940s the state North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board ( NOSHEB ) began with the development and utilization of hydropower in Glen Affric and Glen Cannich the. Prior to further plans of a private electricity company in the years 1929 and 1941 had been rejected by the House of Commons. In Affric - Beauly hydro- electric power scheme the lakes Loch Beinn a ' Mheadhoin and hole Mullardoch were construction of dams and embankments dammed in both valleys and passed the water through tunnels to the power plant Fasnakyle. More reservoirs and power plants are located in the northern neighboring valleys and at Beauly, at the eastern end of Strathglass. For the construction of dams, tunnels and power plants, the Hydro-Electric Board established in the small village of Cannich its central construction camp, including, accommodation for up to 2,000 workers. Among the workers were men from Ireland and Eastern Europe and former German prisoners of war except locals. Some buildings of the camp still stand today, the Community Hall of Cannich was originally the canteen and the cinema of the construction workers camp. For the operation and maintenance of power plants and dams was also permanently needed personnel. Therefore developed a number of new houses for the families of employees in Cannich.

Infrastructure

Cannich has something less than 400 inhabitants, 2001, there were 394 people in 180 households in the village. In Cannich are a Primary School, a community hall and a village shop. Cannich has two churches. Strathglass is traditionally a stronghold of the Catholic Church, which is therefore larger and older than the second, built in 1868 in neo-Gothic style Catholic church of Our Lady & St Bean, 1899 built church of the village, which belongs to the Church of Scotland.

Accessible is the place on the A831 Beauly or Drumnadrochit. Bus services with Stagecoach every day except Sundays to Inverness, both as Beauly, Drumnadrochit. Ross's Minibuses offers regular services to Dingwall and in summer from July to September in the Glen Affric.

Tourism

Cannich is due to its location east of Glen Affric a popular starting point for hikes and mountain tours in Glen Affric, around Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a ' Mheadhoin and to the Munros on both sides of the valley, including the highest mountain north of the Great Glen, the Càrn Eige. For hunters and fishermen Glen Affric and Glen Cannich are also targets. Accommodation options are available in various Bed and Breakfasts and at a campsite. The Glen Affric Hotel has been closed for several years. Cannich also has a couple of pubs.

East of Cannich, off the road to Drumnadrochit, lies the small hamlet of Corrimony Corrimony Cairn, a Neolithic megalithic site.