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==Places of Interest==
Notable places in Craigellachie include the Highlander Hotel, as well as the Craigellachie Hotel. A notable nearby sight is the Dunnotar Castle. Many distilleries are in the area and available for touring, including most notably, ], ] and The ].


==Name connection== ==Name connection==

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Craigellachie (Gaelic: Creag Eileachaidh) is a small village in Moray, Scotland, at the confluence of the River Spey and River Fiddich (whose valley or glen gives its name to the famous Scotch whisky Glenfiddich), in walking distance of the town of Aberlour.

The name means rocky hill and was first applied to the cliff on which much of the village is sited, above the River Spey. Craigellachie dates back to at least 1750, when there was a ferry across the Spey where today's village now stands. It also stands at the intersection of the A95 from Keith to Aberlour and the A941 from Rothes to Dufftown.

Craigellachie has two distilleries and is home to the Speyside Cooperage

Craigellachie Bridge over the River Spey was built by Thomas Telford in 1814. A plaque on one of the castellated towers guarding the entrance to the bridge records that the metalwork was cast in Wales: another that the bridge was restored to this, something like its original condition, in 1964. The bridge is a remarkable piece of engineering, and can be viewed from above or below.

Craigellachie is an important stopping off point on the Speyside Way, a long distance path from Buckie in the north to Aviemore in the south.

Places of Interest

Notable places in Craigellachie include the Highlander Hotel, as well as the Craigellachie Hotel. A notable nearby sight is the Dunnotar Castle. Many distilleries are in the area and available for touring, including most notably, Aberlour, Glenfiddich and The Glenlivit.

Name connection

Craigellachie, British Columbia, is named after the Scottish village and is the place where the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was driven in November 1885.

References

  1. Akrigg, G.P.V. and Akrigg, Helen (1970) 1001 British Columbia Place Names, p. 46. Vancouver: Discovery Press

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57°29′26″N 3°11′22″W / 57.49051°N 3.18938°W / 57.49051; -3.18938


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