Fort William, Highland - Photochrom multiview postcard 1957

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Fort William, Highland - multiview: Sgurr a'Mhaim & Stob Ban from Glen Nevis / Loch Linnhe & Ben Nevis / SS Loch Fyne passing Ben Kiel / Fort William and Loch Linnhe from Cow Hill / Highland Cattle in centre
• Publisher:  Photochrom
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  2d. brown Wilding defin.
• Postmark(s):  illeg. cds but date is 1957
• Sent to:  Bolney Avenue, Peacehaven, Sussex
• Notes / condition: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Fort William (Scottish Gaelic: An Gearasdan (?n 'k??r?s?t??n), ""The Garrison"") is the second largest settlement in the highlands of Scotland and the largest town: only the city of Inverness is larger.

Fort William is a major tourist centre with Glen Coe just to the south, Aonach Mòr to the north and Glenfinnan to the west, on the Road to the Isles. It is a centre for hillwalking and climbing due to its proximity to Ben Nevis and many other Munro mountains. It is also known for its nearby downhill mountain bike track. It is the start/end of both the West Highland Way (Milngavie/Fort William) and the Great Glen Way; a walk/cycle way (Fort William/Inverness).

Around 726 people (7.33% of the population) can speak Gaelic.^[1]

Historically, this area of Lochaber was strongly Clan Cameron country, and there were a number of mainly Cameron settlements in the area (such as Blarmacfoldach). The nearby settlement of Inverlochy was the main settlement in the area before the building of the fort, and was also site of the Battle of Inverlochy.

The town grew up as a settlement next to a fort constructed to control the population after Oliver Cromwell's invasion during the English Civil War, and then to suppress the Jacobite uprisings of the 18th century. The fort was named ""Fort William""' after William of Orange, and the settlement that grew around it was called ""Maryburgh"", after his wife. This settlement was later renamed ""Gordonsburgh"", and then ""Duncansburgh""^[2] before being renamed ""Fort William"", this time after Prince William, Duke of Cumberland; known to some Scots as ""Butcher Cumberland"". Given these origins, there have been various suggestions over the years to rename the town (for example, to ""Invernevis""). These proposals have led to nothing yet.

In the Jacobite rising known as the Forty-Five, Fort William was besieged for two weeks by the Jacobites, from 20 March to 3 April 1746. However, although the Jacobites had captured both of the other forts in the chain of three Great Glen fortifications (Fort Augustus and the original Fort George) they failed to take Fort William.

During the Second World War, Fort William was the home of HMS St Christopher which was a training base for Royal Navy Coastal Forces.

More on the history of the town and the region can be found in the West Highland Museum on the High Street.

Fort William is the northern end of the West Highland Way, a long distance route which runs 95 miles through the Scottish Highlands to Milngavie, on the outskirts of Glasgow, and the start/end point of the Great Glen Way, which runs between Fort William and Inverness.

On 2 June 2006, a fire destroyed McTavish's Restaurant in Fort William High Street along with the two shops which were part of the building. The restaurant had been open since the 1970s and prior to that the building had been Fraser's Cafe since the 1920s. Development work began in 2012 on new hotel accommodation and street-level shops. It is unclear when this project will be completed.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=scotland

county/ country=inverness-shire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=posted