Stromeferry, the village
In Scottish Gaelic - Port an t-Sròim
Strome in Nordic means stream or current - the tidal waters of Loch Carron flow between North Strome and Stromeferry narrows creating a very strong current. There was a ferry service for hundreds of years to take people and goods across the strome narrows.
This famous little village was the centre of trade for the West Highlands and Isle of Skye in the 1880's after the railway was built from Inverness terminating at Stromeferry.
A pier was built to handle the traffic bringing in fish from all over the west coast to send it to Inverness, Edinburgh and London by train. Herring fishing was the biggest industry in the area. They were salted or smoked then packed in wooden barrels to travel on by train. There were two steam cranes here on the pier to unload the ships.
The Stationmaster's House
The house was built for the Stationmaster who looked after the Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh railway in 1888. The stretch of railway from Stromeferry to Kyle was the most expensive stretch of rail built in the world because it is all on bridges, causeways and cuttings along the shore of Loch Carron. It was also rated at one of the top train journeys in the world by Michael Palin of Monty Python fame.