Kinlochleven is a village situated in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands and also exists at the eastern end of Loch Leven. To the north exist the Mamores ridge; to the south lie the mountains flanking Glen Coe. The village was created from 2 previously different little communities - Kinlochmore to the north of the River Leven in Inverness-shire and also Kinlochbeg to the south of the Leven in Argyll - complying with the construction of an aluminium smelter and also connected housing for its workers. The handling plant was powered by a hydroelectric scheme located in the mountains over, and also made Kinlochleven the initial village on the planet to have actually every residence attached to electricity, creating the phrase "The Electric Village". In 1991, the town (according to annual census returns) had simply over 1000 occupants in some 420 homes. Today it is a noteworthy traveler location and also centre for hill quests.