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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 119 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GLENCOE , a glen in See also:

Scotland, situated in the See also:north of See also:Argyll-See also:shire. Beginning at the north-eastern See also:base of Buchaille Etive, it takes a See also:gentle north-See also:westerly trend for 10 m. to its mouth on See also:Loch See also:Leven, a See also:salt-See also:water See also:arm of Loch Linnhe. On both sides it is shut in by See also:wild and precipitous mountains and its See also:bed is swept by the See also:Coe—See also:Ossian's " dark Cona,"—which rises in the hills at its eastern end. About See also:half-way down the glen the stream forms the tiny Loch Triochatan. Towards Invercoe the landscape acquires a softer beauty. Here See also:Lord Strathcona, who, in 1894, See also:purchased the heritage of the Macdonalds of Glencoe, built his stately See also:mansion of See also:Mount Royal. The See also:principal mountains on the See also:south See also:side are the various peaks of Buachaille Etive, Stob Dearg (3345 ft.), Bidean nam Bian (3756 ft.) and Meall Mor (2215 ft.), and on the See also:northern side the Pap of Glencoe (2430 ft.), Sgor nam Fiannaidh (3168 ft.) and Meall Dearg (3118 ft.). Points of See also:interest are the See also:Devil's See also:Staircase, a steep, See also:boulder-strewn " cut " (1754 ft. high) across the hills to Fort See also:William; the Study; the See also:cave of Ossian, where tradition says that he was See also:born, and the See also:Iona See also:cross erected in 1883 by a See also:Macdonald in memory of his clansmen who perished in the See also:massacre of 1692. About m. beyond the See also:head of the glen is Kingshouse, a relic of the old coaching days, when it was customary for tourists to drive from Ballachulish via Tyndrum to Loch See also:Lomond. Now the Glencoe excursion is usually made from See also:Oban—by See also:rail to Achnacloich, steamer up Loch Etive, See also:coach up Glen Etive and down Glencoe and steamer at Ballachulish to Oban. One mile to the See also:west of the Glen lies the See also:village of BALLACIIULISH (pop. 1143).

It is celebrated for its See also:

slate quarries, which have been worked since 176o. The See also:industry provides employment for 600 men and the See also:annual output averages 30,000 tons. The slate is of excellent quality and is used throughout the See also:United See also:Kingdom. Ballachulish is a station on the See also:Callander and Oban See also:extension See also:line to Fort William (Caledonian railway). The See also:pier and See also:ferry are some 2 M. W. of the village.

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