CHAPTER XIII 

 THE NESS DISTRICT 



RIVER NESS, LOCH NESS, RIVER MORISTON, RIVER OICH, 



LOCH OICH, AND RIVER GARRY, LOCH GARRY AND LOCH 



QUOICH. 



ANGLING SEASON : 2nd February to 1 5th October. 

 NETTING SEASON: llth February to 26th August. 



District Fishery Board sits in Inverness. 



THE RIVER NESS 



Thb River Ness is about 6 miles long, and flows from Loch 

 Ness to the sea in Inverness Firth. Coming as it does from one 

 of the largest and deepest lochs in Scotland, it contains a great 

 body of water, and, in its short course with 52 feet of fall, 

 presents a fine swinging current with a succession of long 

 running pools and broken streams. Just above the town of 

 Inverness it divides into several channels to encircle " The 

 Islands," the unique public park of the capital of the Highlands. 

 These beautifully wooded islands, linked together by suspension 

 bridges, so that one may walk from one to the other and so 

 cross the river, present in themselves some beautiful views, 

 and at the same time enable one to enjoy the prospect of a 

 clear flowing river from its very midst. 



As lochs Ness, Oich, and Lochy form the chain through 

 Scotland opened for navigation by the Caledonian Canal, we 

 have in the Ness and the Lochy districts certain features not 

 found elsewhere in the country. Close to a considerable part 

 of the river the Canal runs to the loch at Dochgarroch, and 

 close to this a retaining weir of great extent forms the sill or 

 outlet of the river from the loch, and at the same time maintains 

 the necessary water level for navigation. This extreme north 

 end of the loch is a diverticulum, and receives the separate name 



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