- TITLE
- Over the Sea to Skye from Kyle of Lochalsh
- EXTERNAL ID
- PC_RAMSAY_003
- PLACENAME
- Kyle of Lochalsh
- DISTRICT
- South West Ross
- OLD COUNTY/PARISH
- ROSS: Lochalsh
- PERIOD
- 1930s
- CREATOR
- Duncan Macpherson
- SOURCE
- William J Ramsay
- ASSET ID
- 29714
- KEYWORDS
- paddle steamer
Fusilier
ferries
ferry boats

The elegant paddle steamer Fusilier, most likely on route with the mail to Portree on Skye, is watched by a crowd on the jetty at Kyle of Lochalsh. The 280 tonne Fusilier was built in 1888, owned by David MacBrayne for some time, and finally scrapped in 1939. As the photograph shows, boats played a major role in the daily lives of coastal villages. The onlookers probably spent many hours watching boats while waiting for theirs to arrive or leave! The smaller ferry was the main transport for people, vehicles, and often livestock to Kyleakin on Skye. The Lochness, with bow just visible to the left, is at the Kyle pier being refuelled for its Mallaig, Skye, Stornoway, route
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