River Affric – Sgur na Lapaich – Affric Forest
The photograph was taken by the late Finlay MacRae who was a District Officer in the Forestry Commission based in Dingwall at this time. The images are courtesy of his daughter Donna.
The name Guisachan in the Forestry Commission appears as Guisachan Forest in 1937 with an area of around 2200 acres and this may have been the first of a number of acquisitions from that estate. W Mackintosh is named as the forester in charge in 1948.
Glen Affric forest first appears in the FC records in 1951 as a new unit of over 53,000 acres and Head Forester A Mackay appointed around 1953. In 1960/61 the Glen Affric and Guisachan Forests were amalgamated under the name of Affric Forest.
No record is to hand of its early management as a forest from 1951 but large scale planting with non native conifers would have been the norm at that time. Any details would be very welcome.
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