Colintraive is a town on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. When the site where livestock were swum across the tightens to the Isle of Bute, a ferryboat - operated by Calmac - now offers a web link to the island. Colintraive is found on the west coast of the Cowal peninsula. Its area includes Ardtaraig/ Loch Striven in the north west, the head and the coasts of Loch Riddon in the north eastern, while the town itself deals with the Kyles of Bute. The Colintraive location expands additional southern to Couston and around this hillside back right into Loch Striven again. The name Colintraive originates from Gaelic as well as implies "swimming strait" or "swimming tightens". In the past, livestock were swum over from the Isle of Bute to Colintraive on their means to the markets of lowland Scotland. The nearby community of notable size on the mainland is Dunoon, which is twenty minutes drive away on the eastern coastline of the peninsula, encountering Gourock and also the Firth of Clyde. The name Col-Glen is also used by the local growth trust fund which was established to fight the decreasing population and also economy in the two villages. Glendaruel neighborhood Michael Russell MSP and also present Scottish Minister for 'Brexit affairs', stated of the task: "A small and breakable community like Colintraive and also Glendaruel need to move forward or it will necessarily decrease-- in population, in services and also in viability." Falling rapidly recently, the total adult population of the 2 towns incorporated was estimated at 250 in 2009. For over 60 years till the late 1990s Caol Ruadh, one of Colintraive's Victorian estates embeded in a 20-acre estate, was made use of as a property institution for children from Glasgow with unique instructional needs. (As a visitor at Caol Ruadh in the 602', I have nothing but praise for the staff school. As an 'On Waterfont' city kid, I learned far more concerning life, people as well as a love for nature that I love even in currently in my sixties. I likewise feel it most important because of those that had a lot less pleasant experiences in such establishments. No wolves hiding there my friends. Financial problems created the City of Glasgow council first to reduce aids and also later on to market the residential property after it use decreased when individual fees were presented. In 2012 the premises were opened as a sculpture park for modern sculpture as well as artwork.