Inverfarigaig
Inverfarigaig situated at the mouth of the Farigaig River. Once a pier stop for the steamers from Inverness to Fort Augustus, it had a Post Office .
Hillhead 1959. Originally Hillhead consisted of just a croft but in the 1950s the Forestry Commission built houses on part of the croft for its workers. The very steep incline that existed from the old bridge at Inverfarigaig up to the ridge was called the Hillhead brae but the gradient was decreased when the new bridge was opened in the 1970s. Photograph courtesy of Alister Chisholm.
Postcard from Tuck's Oilette series published in the 1920s showing a painting from an earlier age of the Piermaster's House in Inverfarigaig. Appears to be painted from the pier. Photograph courtesy of Frank Ellam
Second postcard from Tuck's Oilette series published in the 1920s but from paintings of an earlier age. This one is painted from further back and shows the pier. Photograph courtsey of Frank Ellam
Photograph of Inverfarigaig taken from the pier. This photograph is a glass slide from a "magic lantern". If you look closely you can see the washing on the line! Photograph courtesy of Frank Ellam.
Inverfarigaig Pier taken around 1903 , People on pier awaiting approaching steamer including gentleman in full Highland dress
Photograph courtesy of Alister Chisholm
Inverfarigaig Pier c1912 with the paddle steam ship alongside possibly the Gondolier . Photograph courtesy of Alister Chisholm
Inverfarigaig Pier Built by Thomas Telford in the eighteen twenties as part of the Caledonian Canal infustructure photo taken in 1935? Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan
The Wade Bridge at Inverfarigaig 1935 . Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan
The Wade Bridge at Inverfarigaig. From the look of the car on the right hand side, this appears to be from a postcard issued in the 1920s to 1930s. The photograph was taken from the Pass at about where the Forestry Visitors Centre is now. Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan.
Inverfarigiag Wades Bridge c1920 The bridge was built c1740 by Dunkeld masons at cost of £150. It can still be seen adjacent to the modern concrete bridge which replaced it c1970.
Photograph courtesy of Alister Chisholm
Dun-dearduil and Inverfarigaig bridge around 1930
Photograph courtesy of Alister Chisholm
Corkscrew and Inverfarigaig from the summit of Dun Deardial c1935 . Though picture quality is not great it clearly demonstrates how the road got its local bye-name , today the sides of the road is covered with trees and shrubbery so the corkscrew view of the thirties is no more . Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan
Inverfarigaig Corkscrew Motorcar Club Trial c1925 Photograph courtesy of John Fraser
Car on Corkscrew c1935 . Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan
Balinchernoch Washing c1905 . Picture of a washing day at the turn of last century. The photo won a prize in a national competition for a Mrs Ross at Dirichurachan
Inverfariag Post Office 1966 . Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan
Oakland and Post Office Inverfarigaig 1968. Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan
Inverfarigaig Pass with Dun Deardail in the background . Notice the old style road sign with the small notice attached. Photograph courtesy of Alister Chisholm.
Inverfarigaig Saw Mill c1910. Picture taken outside sawmill building The man in the right is Alexander Maclean who is the contributor GG Grandfather Photograph courtesy of Sheree Hankin, Sydney Australia
Foyers Hydro station supplies 1972 one of the main valve for the Hydro generating station going up the brae before Hillhead, Inverfarigiag. Photo Courtesy of John Townsend
My Great Great Grandmother moved from Islay to Inverfarigaig in 1856. I wonder what she did between then and Christmas Eve 1868, when she married Donald McKenzie, a Journeyman Blacksmith in Inverness.
Hi Liz,
Sorry unfortunately we do not research genealogy in the area as it is very time consuming we are more involved with place names of the area. Inverness the largest local town has an archive centre incorporating a family history centre which have employed genealogists, one of them Ann Fraser comes from Dores and may be able to help you but there will be a charge involved as she is employed by the Archive centre.
http://www.highlandarchives.org.uk/harc.asp
The Highland Family History society based in Inverness may be able to help, see contact email address
info@highlandfamilyhistorysociety.org
You may be able to pick up some information from 1861 Census returns or her Marriage certificate concerning her occupation
Regards
Alister
My GGG Grandfather, William Gollan, was a sawmiller and had five children (1829-1836) while residing at Inverfarigaig. He came with his wife and children to Australia via assisted passage, departing in 1838. Would the Forestry workers houses, shown in the 1975 aerial photo (5th last photo), have been around in the 1830’s?
No they were built in the 1950’s
Thanks Alister for the prompt response. I also meant to ask if you knew when the Saw Mill, shown in the 1910 photo on page 1, was built. It is a great photo. Thanks to Sheree Hankin for contributing. I live in Melbourne, Australia, and have never been to the Highlands, so I have found all the photos very illuminating. (dealt with)
Kind Regards
David