Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Oich

Oich, loch and rivulet, in the Great Glen, mid. Inverness-shire; the loch, extending 3¾ miles NE. and S W., and lying between Lochs Ness and Lochy, forms the summit-level of the Caledonian Canal; the rivulet issues from the foot of the loch, and flows 6½ miles NE. to Loch Ness at Fort Augustus; the waters of both loch and rivulet abound in trout and salmon.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "loch and rivulet"   (ADL Feature Type: "lakes")
Administrative units: Inverness Shire ScoCnty
Place: Oich

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