New Forestry Road into Loch Ossian – Corrour Forest
The photographs courtesy of Stephen Newsom, Aberdour, were taken by his father Geoff Newsom while Head Forester at Corrour Forest. Geoff was transferred from Gisburn Forest NW (E) to Leanachan Forest, Fort William, in August 1966 and was responsible for the new planting operations then taking place largely around Loch Eilt and Callop next to Loch Shiel. Following the purchase of Corrour Estate by the Forestry Commission, Geoff took charge from January 1968 until December 1971, while still based at Torlundy, primarily organising and managing all the new planting operations as well those staff who had transferred from the Estate. In March 1972 Corrour was amalgamated with Strathmashie Forest. Geoff was then relocated to Wark Forest, and again to Jervaulx Forest (both NE England), and ended his forestry career in November 1983.
No details on this image but the recent road line felling and the new road surface of river gravel material points to this being the newly constructed forestry road from Torgulbin (Torr a’ Ghuilbinn) near the headwaters of Laggan Dam. This location is in the forests established by John Stirling Maxwell around Loch Ossian in the 1920s and leading down to Corrour Square (The actual Shooting Lodge had burned down many years previously circa 1940s). The Landrover could be that driven by the roads foreman Jock Wilson.
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