page_title: Loch Eil
hierarchical_section_title: Loch Eil
caption_attribution_description: English: Eilean nan Craobh, once home to Lochiel, chief of Clan Cameron
context_page_description: Loch Eil is a sea loch in Lochaber, Scotland that opens into Loch Linnhe near the town of Fort William.
  ".. the name of the Chief of Clan Cameron is spelt LOCHIEL, while the name of the loch is spelt LOCH EIL, .."
  Loch Eil Outward Bound railway station and Locheilside railway station are both situated on the northern shore of the loch. Achaphubuil is on the southern shore.
  Lochiel was a historic place east of Fassfern on the north shore of Loch Eil. The place was home to Jacobite chieftain Donald Cameron, of Lochiel.
  The earliest known residence of the chiefs of Clan Cameron was on Eilean nan Craobh just outside the entrance to Loch Eil. They moved from there to Tor Castle in the 17th century and later to Achnacarry. The island has now become part of harbour works.
  Loch Eil and Loch Linnhe are joined by narrows at Annat where a paper mill once stood and where there is a now a large timber yard.
context_section_description: Loch Eil (Scottish Gaelic, Loch Iall) is a sea loch in Lochaber, Scotland that opens into Loch Linnhe near the town of Fort William.
  ".. the name of the Chief of Clan Cameron is spelt LOCHIEL, while the name of the loch is spelt LOCH EIL,.."
  Loch Eil Outward Bound railway station and Locheilside railway station are both situated on the northern shore of the loch. Achaphubuil is on the southern shore.(Gaelic : Achadh a' phubùill : Field of the booth or tent) 
  Lochiel was a historic place east of Fassfern on the north shore of Loch Eil.  The place was home to Jacobite chieftain Donald Cameron, of Lochiel.
  
  The earliest known residence of the chiefs of Clan Cameron was on Eilean nan Craobh (The island of the trees) just outside the entrance to Loch Eil. They moved from there to Tor Castle in the 17th century and later to Achnacarry. The island has now become part of harbour works.
  Loch Eil and Loch Linnhe are joined by narrows at Annat where a paper mill once stood and where there is a now a large timber yard.
caption: Eilean nan Craobh, once home to Lochiel, chief of Clan Cameron
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