[7] Immediately before entering the loch, the Aberchalder Burn, a rapid mountain torrent, empties itself into the canal.

[citation needed] Aberchalder Lodge is a country house in the Inverness-shire region of Scotland's Highland Council area.

[citation needed] It lies at the centre of the 16,000 acre (65 km2) Aberchalder Estate close to Loch Oich.

These include, Ben Van (Bewinn Bhan), Beinn Laragan, Carn Dearg, Carn na Larach, Goat's Crag (Craegan nan Gobhar), Eldrig, Leacann doire bannear (2091 feet), Letterfearn (Leitir Fearn), and Mullach a'Ghlinne (1734 ft).

Calder Burn, namesake of the town, is a river that runs through the district's wood for almost its entire length.

Field of the Shirts (Blar na Leine) was the site of a 1543 feud between the Clan Ranald of Moydert and the Frasers.

Maiden's Leap (Ceum na Nighean) is a rock, difficult to pass, that lies on the road between Aberchalder and Laggan.