The owner of Inverailort House, Christian Cameron, was a keen photographer in the late 19th century.

Christian Cameron is said to have died of a broken heart after much of the contents of the house were badly damaged by the army when they emptied it.

The army moved out of the house on 20 August 1942 and, after having been taken over by the Royal Navy, subsequently became HMS Lochailort and was used for the training of naval cadet ratings to be officers on small craft used by Combined Operations.

[3] The village and nearby buildings have appeared in films such as Local Hero, Breaking the Waves and Complicity.

The main businesses in the area are tourism and salmon farming both in the sea loch, and in a large freshwater hatchery.