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FYNE, LOCH

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 376 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FYNE, See also:LOCH , an inlet of the See also:sea, See also:Argyllshire. See also:Scotland. From the See also:head, 6 m. above See also:Inveraray, to the mouth on the See also:Sound of See also:Bute, it has a See also:south-See also:westerly and then southerly trend and is 44 M. See also:long, its width varying from a m. to 6 m. It receives the Fyne, Shira, Aray and many other streams, and, on the western See also:side, gives off Lochs Shira, Gair, Gilp (with Ardrishaig, the Crinan See also:Canal and Lochgilphead) and See also:East See also:Tarbert (with Tarbert See also:village). The glens debouching on the See also:lake are Fyne, Shira, Aray, Kinglas and See also:Hell's Glen. The See also:coast generally is picturesque and in many parts well wooded. All vessels using the Crinan Canal navigate the loch to and from Ardrishaig, and there are daily excursions during the See also:season, as far up as Inveraray. There are ferries at St See also:Catherine's and See also:Otter, and piers at Tarbert, Ardrishaig, Kilmory, Crarae, See also:Furnace, Inveraray, Strachur and elsewhere. The See also:industries comprise See also:granite See also:quarrying at Furnace and Crarae, distilling at Ardrishaig, See also:gunpowder-making at Furnace and Kilfinan, and, above all, fishing. See also:Haddock, See also:whiting and codling are taken, and the famous " Loch Fyne See also:herrings " command the highest See also:price in the See also:market.

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