Inchnacardoch Forest Walk Leaflet c1969
Document is courtesy of Inverness, Ross and Skye Forest District and staff at their Fort Augustus office.
The text for this walk leaflet is so very old school and not really designed as a visitor friendly informative attractive guide – more a diet of ‘gey driech’ details.
Judging by the tone of the information provided, the absence of any walk structure other than existing car park and stop or location numbers, it is just possible this may have been produced in 1969 on the 50th anniversary of the Forestry Commission. The author recalls at this time there was and open day or celebration week at many forests where special guided walks, picnic seats had been created for the occasion and mini busses carried visitors around to view working sites where the purpose of operations and machines were explained in some detail. It was one of the early forays into welcoming the public to the forests. Equally possible this could have been a facility created a little later around 1973. Perhaps someone will recall the event.
The information here begins with a history of the forest, the first Forestry Commission forest in Scotland, and then proceeds to describe the scene at 15 locations on a four mile trail. Much detail about tree species and growth is included but also soils, deer control, vegetation and some mention of the canal and the hydro electric lines. There is a rather pointed reference to the significantly superior growth of the valuable Sitka spruce as against many of the other species. All somewhat different to current visitor information leaflets!
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