Lochaber

Lochaber encompasses mountains and sea lochs in the western Highlands, including the country around Fort William at the head of Loch Linnhe. Long associated with Clan Cameron, the district became a focus of the Jacobite cause. In August 1745 Charles Edward Stuart raised his standard at Glenfinnan, west of Fort William, beginning the rising that sought to restore the Stuarts. The government fort at Fort William resisted a Jacobite siege the following spring.