Loch Garry

Loch Garry, ( Scottish Gaelic: Loch Garraidh ) is located 25 km north of Fort William in the Scottish Highlands. The lake is 11 km long and 50 m deep. The inflow is the River Garry, which flows from Loch Quoich 10 km ago. From Loch Garry to the River Garry flows further to only 5 km away Loch Oich in the Great Glen.

Loch Garry and Loch Quoich be dammed for energy (hydropower) The eastern dam hole Quoichs is with 320 m length and 38 m height of the largest rock -filled dam in Scotland. The water is passed through the tunnel to the two turbines, each of which generates an output of 20 MW. The plant was completed in 1962.

The valley was home to the Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry, a branch of the clan MacDonald. Today there are only a handful of settlements in the valley. A road leads through Glen Garry north of Loch Garry and Loch Quoich over after Kinlochhourn. From there, a path leads to the peninsula of Knoydart.

There are other lakes named Loch Garry. Firstly, there is Loch Garry in Ontario, Canada and on the other hand, also in the Scottish Highlands, Loch Garry in the Unitary Authority of Perth and Kinross.