Kinlochleven
Kinlochleven is a village located in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands as well as exists at the eastern end of Loch Leven. To the north exist the Mamores ridge; to the south lie the hills flanking Glen Coe. The village was created from 2 formerly separate small communities - Kinlochmore to the north of the River Leven in Inverness-shire and also Kinlochbeg to the south of the Leven in Argyll - adhering to the construction of an aluminium smelter and connected real estate for its employees. The handling plant was powered by a hydroelectric scheme situated in the hills over, and also made Kinlochleven the first town worldwide to have actually every residence linked to electrical energy, coining the phrase "The Electric Village". In 1991, the town (according to yearly census returns) had just over 1000 residents in some 420 households. Today it is a significant tourist destination and also centre for hill quests.