Mallaig (/ˈmæleɪɡ/ ⓘ;[2] Scottish Gaelic: Malaig [ˈmal̪ˠɛkʲ]) is a port in Morar, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland.

The village of Mallaig was founded in the 1840s when Lord Lovat, owner of North Morar Estate, divided up the farm of Mallaigvaig into 17 parcels of land and encouraged his tenants to move to the western part of the peninsula and turn to fishing as a way of life.

In addition, traditional Gaelic is still taught in Mallaig Primary School to pupils who choose to learn the language.

Mallaig has extensive distance-learning facilities, allowing the local population access to all forms of education from leisure classes to university degrees through Lochaber College and the UHI Millennium Institute.

The college has published a PDF version of the 19th century Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Condition of Crofters and Cottars in the Highlands and Islands report.

The main focus is on the summer tourist trade, although some facilities open all year round, including the swimming pool.

Completed in 1901, the West Highland Line links Mallaig railway station to Fort William, Oban and Glasgow.

[citation needed] The five-hour trip to Glasgow Queen Street railway station passes through spectacular scenery, including seascapes, loch sides, mountain and moorland terrain.

In the years before the First World War, after the opening of the line in 1901, there was a fairly steady increase in the value of fish sold,[7] exceeding £60,000 in 1914.

In addition, a local ferry service owned by a former lifeboatman, Bruce Watt, sails daily to Inverie in Knoydart, a remote village, and also calls by prior arrangement at Tarbet in Morar, a location only accessible by sea.