Canna ( English Canna , Gaelic. Canaigh ) is the most western island in the group of Small islands, an archipelago of the Inner Hebrides . Located in western Scotland , in Highland County. It is connected with the neighboring island of Sunday by a road and a shallow at low tide . The island is 7 km long and 1.5 km wide. Isolated skerries Haskeyr and Humla are located 10 km west of the island [1] .
| Canna | |
|---|---|
| English Canna , Gaelic. Canaigh | |
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| Specifications | |
| Square | 11.3 km² |
| Population | 19 people (2006) |
| Population density | 1.68 people / km² |
| Location | |
| Archipelago | Inland Hebrides |
| Water area | Atlantic Ocean |
| A country |
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| Region | Scotland |
| Area | Highland |
The island was transferred to the National Trust of Scotland by its former owner, Scottish Gaelic folklorist and scholar , in 1981 and is now a farm and protected area. Canna House, one of the two large buildings on the island, contains an important archive of John Campbell with materials on Gaelic culture that he donated to the nation along with the island. Since that time, the foundation has been making efforts to attract new residents and guests to the island.
Bibliography
- Campell, John Lorne (1984) Canna, the Story of a Hebridean Island . Edinburgh: Canongate.
- Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate . ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7 .
Notes
- ↑ Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 143 for all individual Canna and Sanday records. Rixon (2001) p. 170 for earlier combined figures.