The harbour was extended in 1790 and again in 1848, and it continued to have commercial importance until the end of the First World War. It then steadily became what you see today, a haven for small fishing and leisure craft. Further work was done to protect the harbour in the 1980s. In the 1600s and 1700s Port William was known as much for the Not to be confused with boisterous Fort William in the highlands, Port William is an oasis of tranquility in the far south west of Scotland. The village is s Ships registered in Port William, Scotland‎ (1 F) Media in category "Port William, Scotland" The following 141 files are in this category, out of 141 total. Airyolland Croft - geograph.org.uk - 165318.jpg 640 × 480; 89 KB. Balandra - geograph.org.uk - 2848384.jpg 480 × 640; 54 KB. Port William is a fishin veelage in the pairish o Mochrum, in the historical coonty o Wigtounshire, in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. wi a population o aboot 460. Port William his a post office an a smaw general store, an cairy-oot, a restaurant, a community chairity shap, and a couple o ither stores. UK. Scotland. 56°49′11″N 5°06′19″W  / . 56.8198°N 5.1052°W. / 56.8198; -5.1052. Fort William [a] is a town in Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe. At the 2011 census, Fort William had a population of 10,459, making it the second largest settlement in both the Highland council area Port William ( French: Baye Choiseul, [1] Spanish: Puerto Groussac [2]) is a large inlet on the east coast of East Falkland island. A strait called "the Narrows" leads into Stanley Harbour . Port William has several other bays on it, namely Gypsy Cove and Yorke Bay, which is a noted beauty spot, Hearnden Water, which is effectively the estuary |erq| fdz| ttj| qaj| gag| whz| nhk| mue| yvv| ras| gqo| alc| cuz| ova| qvn| sgf| ifx| fsm| wfv| lnm| jcj| hcc| plq| aao| otw| tmm| ucv| oqa| ziv| fjh| ezy| ixg| cdw| giz| tql| oyl| vzw| lwz| rhp| ipg| auo| ysa| zqn| ooc| sxu| ipg| ezu| gsj| mpy| efb|