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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 188 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BADENOCH , a See also:

district of See also:south-See also:east See also:Inverness-See also:shire, See also:Scotland, bounded on the N. by the Monadhliath mountains, on the E. by the Cairngorms and See also:Braemar, on the S. by See also:Atholl and the See also:Grampians, and on the W. by See also:Lochaber. Its See also:area is somewhat undefined, but it may be estimated to measure 36 m. from N.E. to S.W. and 15 M. from N. to S. Excepting the valley of the See also:Spey and the See also:great glens, it is almost entirely a See also:wild mountainous See also:tract, many hills exceeding 3000 ft. in height, and contains in the forests of See also:Alder, Drumochter, Gaick and Feshie some of the best See also:deer See also:country in the See also:Highlands. See also:Loch Laggan and Loch See also:Ericht are the See also:principal lakes, and the district is abundantly watered by the Spey and its numerous tributaries. It is traversed, from Dalnaspidal to See also:Boat of Garten, by the Highland railway. There are very few See also:industries, and See also:population See also:groups itself at See also:Kingussie and other places on or near the Spey. From 1229 to 1313 the lordship of Badenoch was owned by the Comyns. In 1.371 See also:Robert II. granted it to his son See also:Alexander See also:Stewart, 1st See also:earl of See also:Buchan (1343-1405), the " See also:Wolf of Badenoch." Reverting to the See also:crown, it was bestowed in 1452 upon the 1st earl of See also:Huntly, and still gives the See also:title of See also:lord of Badenoch to the See also:marquess of Huntly.

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