Mallaig is a port in Lochaber, on the west shore of the Highlands of Scotland. The neighborhood train station, Mallaig, is the terminus of the West Highland railway line (Fort William as well as Mallaig branch) and also the community is linked to Ft William by the A830 road-- the "Road to the Isles". The village of Mallaig was founded in the 1840s, when Lord Lovat, proprietor of North Morar Estate, split up the farm of Mallaigvaig into seventeen tracts and also urged his renters to move to the western part of the peninsula and also count on fishing as a lifestyle. The population and also local economic situation expanded quickly in the 20th century with the arrival of the train. Ferryboats operated by Caledonian MacBrayne and Western Isles Cruises sail from the port to Armadale on the Isle of Skye, Inverie in Knoydart, as well as the islands of Rùm, Eigg, Muck, as well as Canna. Mallaig is the major business angling port on the West Coastline of Scotland, and also during the 1960s was the busiest herring port in Europe. Mallaig prided itself at that time on its renowned generally smoked kippers, the fishmonger Andy Race still giving genuine oak smoked kippers from the manufacturing facility shop on the harbour. Mallaig and the bordering area is a prominent location for vacations. The majority of the area talks English, with a minority of citizens talking both English and Gaelic. On top of that, traditional Gaelic is still educated in Mallaig Primary School to pupils who choose to find out the language.