BALLICHULISH, a quoad sacra parish, in the parish
of KiLMALiE, partly in the district and county of
Argyll, and partly in the county of Inverness, U
miles (S. by W.) from Fort-William; containing 123.5
inhabitants. The village of Ballichulish, or North
Ballichulish, consisting of about forty families, stands on
the Loehaberor Inverness-shire side of Loch Leven, near
its junction with Loch Linuhe, where is a ferry between
the opposite coasts of Lochaber and Appin, a distance of
three miles below South Ballichulish, a large village in
the Argyllshire parish of Lismore and Appin. On each
side of this ferry across Loch Leven is an inn, the
prospect from which is of the most imposing character,
embracing mountains of towering height and rugged
grandeur, relieved by water, woods, and pastures, and
other interesting features. The quoad sacra parish of
Ballichulish, or rather Ballichulish and Corran of Ardgour,
consists of two distinct districts, separated from
each other by Loch Linnhe, and having a church in
each of them. The district connected with the church
at North Ballichulish, in the county of Inverness, extends
seventeen miles by seven, or 119 square miles;
while that connected with the church at Ardgour, in the
county of Argyll, extends fourteen miles by six miles, or
eighty-four square miles, making a total area of 203
square miles. Both the churches were built in the year
1829, and they are about four miles apart; the church
of Ballichulish contains 300 sittings, and that of Ardgour
210: divine service is performed once a fortnight in each.
A school is supported by government in the former
district; and another, in the latter, by the Society for
the Propagation of Christian Knowledge. At Corran of
Ardgour is a ferry connecting the two divisions, with an
inn on each side: the inn on the Ardgour shore is very
comfortable, and much frequented in summer. Cuil
House, the residence of the chief of Ardgour, Colonel
Mc Lean, stands at the foot of a range of lofty mountains,
and at the edge of an extensive flat, and commands one
of the grandest prospects in this part of the county.