- TITLE
- North Strome
- EXTERNAL ID
- HCD01007
- PLACENAME
- Stromemore
- DISTRICT
- Lochcarron
- OLD COUNTY/PARISH
- ROSS: Lochcarron
- PERIOD
- 1930s; 1940s
- CREATOR
- Duncan Macpherson
- SOURCE
- Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre
- ASSET ID
- 12651
- KEYWORDS
- ferries
lochs
Loch Carron

North Strome lies on the northern shore of the Loch Carron narrows, opposite Stromeferry. The railway from Dingwall terminated at Stromeferry until 1897, with regular steamer services meeting the trains. However the "ferry" referred to in the name crossed to North Strome and it was once a vital link in the road network from Kyle of Lochalsh to Achnasheen, Dingwall and Inverness. Once a road was built in 1971 along the southern shore of the loch, alongside the railway line, the ferry service closed and the sign for the village now reads "Stromeferry (No Ferry)"
When the Kyle road was closed by landslides in 2012, however, the ferry at Strome was reinstated briefly for foot passengers, especially school children, saving them a very long daily road journey.
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