Shiel, LOCH, a fresh-water lake in the west of Scotland, on the boundary between Moidart in Inverness-shire and Ardgour in Argyllshire, 18 miles W. of Fort-William. It extends 17½ miles southward, is 1 mile broad, is overhung by mountains nearly 3000 feet high, abounds in fish, and communicates with the sea by the river Shiel and salt-water Loch Moidart. Prince Charles Edward was here, a fugitive, in 1746; and Queen Victoria in 1873. At the head is Glenfinnan (q.v.).
Shiel, LOCH
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 397
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