Loch Etive

The narrow mouth of the loch results in its most unusual feature, the Falls of Lora.

Part of the north bank has been designated a Special Area of Conservation in particular due to old sessile oak woods.

Cruises up Loch Etive followed by carriage trip to Glen Coe were started in 1881 as Oban developed as a fashionable resort.

In the parish of Ardchattan, on the north shore, stands the ruin of St Modan's Priory, founded in the 13th century for Cistercian monks of the Valliscaulian Order.

Loch Etive was the name of an Iron Clipper Ship that Joseph Conrad served aboard.