North Uist is an island and neighborhood in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. North Uist is the tenth-largest Scottish island as well as the thirteenth-largest island bordering Great Britain. It has a location of 117 square miles (303 km2), a little smaller sized than South Uist. North Uist is linked by embankments to Benbecula using Grimsay, to Berneray, as well as to Baleshare. With the exception of the south eastern, the island is really level, and also covered with a patchwork of peat bogs, reduced hills and also lochans, with majority the land being covered by water. A few of the lochs consist of a combination of fresh as well as tidal seawater, generating some facility and also unusual habitats. Loch Sgadabhagh, regarding which it has actually been said "there is probably nothing else loch in Britain which approaches Loch Scadavay in irregularity and also complexity of synopsis", is the largest loch by area on North Uist although Loch Obisary has concerning two times the quantity of water. The north part of the island becomes part of the South Lewis, Harris as well as North Uist National Scenic Area, among 40 in Scotland. The major negotiation on the island is Lochmaddy, an angling port and also home to a museum, an arts centre and a cam obscura. Caledonian MacBrayne ferryboats sail from the village to Uig on Skye, in addition to from the island of Berneray (which is connected to North Uist by road causeway), to Leverburgh in Harris. Lochmaddy likewise has Taigh Chearsabhagh-- a gallery and also arts centre with a cafe, little store and also post office solution. Close-by is the Uist Outdoor Centre. The island's major towns are Sollas, Hosta, Tigharry, Hougharry, Paible, Grimsay and Cladach Kirkibost. Various other negotiations consist of Clachan, Carinish, Knockquien, Port nan Long, Greinetobht as well as Scolpaig, residence to the nineteenth century Scolpaig Tower folly. Loch Portain is a tiny district on the east coastline-- some 9 miles (14 kilometres) from Lochmaddy, with below areas of Cheesebay and Hoebeg. According to the 2011 census North Uist had a population of 1,254.