Kinlochleven
Kinlochleven is a town situated in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands and lies at the eastern end of Loch Leven. To the north lie the Mamores ridge; to the south lie the hills flanking Glen Coe. The town was developed from 2 previously separate tiny communities - Kinlochmore to the north of the River Leven in Inverness-shire and also Kinlochbeg to the south of the Leven in Argyll - adhering to the building of an aluminium smelter and connected housing for its staff members. The handling plant was powered by a hydroelectric scheme located in the hills above, and made Kinlochleven the first town in the world to have every house attached to power, coining the expression "The Electric Village". In 1991, the village (according to yearly census returns) had simply over 1000 inhabitants in some 420 families. Today it is a significant visitor location as well as centre for mountain searches.
