- TITLE
- Salmon Fishing on the Kyle, Bonar Bridge
- EXTERNAL ID
- QZP40_CARD_1849
- PLACENAME
- Bonar Bridge
- DISTRICT
- Dornoch and Creich
- OLD COUNTY/PARISH
- SUTHERLAND: Creich
- SOURCE
- Highland Libraries
- ASSET ID
- 33770
- KEYWORDS
- boat
rowing boat
net
fishing net
fishing
dukes of sutherland
bridges

Bonar Bridge, a village in Easter Ross, is situated on the Kyle of Sutherland approximately 21 km west of Dornoch. There was a prosperous salmon netting industry in Bonar Bridge until concerns about fish stocks forced its demise.
The bridge seen in this image was designed by William Arrol and constructed in 1893. It was built after the original bridge, designed by Thomas Telford and constructed between 1811 and 12, was destroyed by floods in 1892. A third bridge, replacing the William Arrol structure, was erected in 1973.
Prior to the building of Telford's bridge, people crossing the water used the ferry at Meikle Ferry, 14 km to the east of Bonar. In 1809 an overloaded ferry was swamped, leading to the loss of over 100 lives, and the bridge at Bonar was constructed soon after.