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|name=Corpach<br />
|gaelic=A' Chorpaich<br />
|county=Argyllshire<br />
|picture=Corpach and Inverlochy crop.jpg<br />
|picture caption=Looking west up Loch Eil<br />
|population=<br />
|os grid ref=NN095767<br />
|latitude=56.843<br />
|longitude=-5.123<br />
|post town=Fort William<br />
|postcode=PH33<br />
|LG district=Highland<br />
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'''Corpach''' is a large village in north-east [[Argyllshire]] north of [[Fort William]], [[Inverness-shire]]. The canal lock at Corpach Basin on [[Loch Linnhe]], east of the narrows leading to [[Loch Eil]], is the western sea entrance of the [[Caledonian Canal]]. It is a natural harbour, unlike that of [[Fort William]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The name Corpach is reputedly based on the Gaelic for "field of corpses", so called because it was perhaps used as a resting place when taking coffins of chieftains on the way to burial on [[Iona]].<ref>William Creech. The statistical account of Scotland: Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes, Volume 8 (1793)</ref> <br />
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The Battle of Corpach in about 1470 saw Clan Cameron rout Clan MacLean.<br />
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In World War I, the United States Navy had a base at Corpach as part of the laying of the North Sea Mine Barrage.<ref>''The Yankee Mining Squadron or Laying the North Sea Mine Barrage'', By Reginald Rowan Belknap, Published by the United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, 1920</ref><ref>''The Northern Barrage and Other Mining Activities'', Washington, Government Printing Office 1920</ref> Naval mines were shipped into Corpach from the United States, and were then sent to the [[Inverness]] base along the [[Caledonian Canal]], which joins [[Loch Linnhe]] at Corpach.<br />
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During World War II, Corpach was the engineering base for HMS ''St Christopher'' which was a training base for Royal Navy Coastal Forces.<ref>[http://www.mbriscoe.me.uk/stchristopher.html History of HMS St Christopher]</ref> Some of the buildings are still in use. There was a large camp at Annat, now used as a caravan site. <br />
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==Outside links==<br />
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* [http://www.undiscoveredscotland.com/corpach/corpach/index.html Corpach] on Undiscovered Scotland<br />
* [http://www.kilmallie.net/index.asp Killmallie Image Library]</div>Owain