Helensburgh

Helensburgh, a favourite watering-place of Scotland, in the county of Dumbarton, is pleasantly situated on the right bank of the Firth of Clyde, at the entrance to the Gareloch, 4 miles N. of Greenock by water, and 23 miles NW. of Glasgow by a railway opened in 1858, and extended to Fort William in 1894. It was founded in 1777 by Sir James Colquhoun, and named after his wife Helen. There is an obelisk to Henry Bell (q.v.). Pop. (1871) 5975; (1881) 7693; (1891) 8409; but in summer the numbers are nearly doubled.