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{{Short description|Village in Scotland}}
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[[File:St Columba's Church and War Memorial, Boat of Garten.jpg|thumb|St Columba's Church and War Memorial]]▼
'''Boat of Garten''' ({{lang-gd|Coit a' Ghartain}}; originally: '''Garten''') is a small village and [[post town]] in [[Badenoch and Strathspey]], [[Scottish Highlands|Highland]], [[Scotland]]. In 1951, the population was less than 400; in 1971, it was almost 500; in 1981, it was almost 700, and the same in 2001.<ref name="SmithLawson2001">{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Robin|authorlink1=|last2=Lawson|first2=Alan|authorlink2author-link2=Alan Lawson|title=The making of Scotland: a comprehensive guide to the growth of its cities, towns, and villages|url=httphttps://booksarchive.google.comorg/books?iddetails/makingofscotland0000smit|url-access=LA9G5UM1CMsC&pg=PA104registration|accessdateaccess-date=5 March 2011|year=2001|publisher=Canongate U.S.|isbn=978-1-84195-170-6|pages=104–[https://archive.org/details/makingofscotland0000smit/page/104 104]–}}</ref>
 
==EtymologyToponymy==
Boat of Garten is also known informally as "Osprey village", due to the significant population of [[Osprey]]s<ref name="ElseBerry2005" /> in the area.
The settlement name derives from the nearby old ferry over the [[Spey River, Scotland|River Spey]].<ref name="Gordon1951">{{cite book|last=Gordon|first=Seton Paul|title=Highlands of Scotland|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=65rkAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=5 March 2011|year=1951|publisher=R. Hale|page=184}}</ref> However, its early history does not refer to the "boat" or ferry as Pont's map of 1600 and Roy's map of 1750 named the location simply "Garten".<ref name="SmithLawson2001" />▼
 
===Etymology===
It is also known as"Osprey village" due to its significant population of [[Osprey]]s.<ref name="ElseBerry2005">{{cite book|last1=Else|first1=David|last2=Berry|first2=Oliver|title=Great Britain|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=u-4_Vjo7ztEC&pg=PA878|accessdate=5 March 2011|year=2005|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74059-921-4|page=878}}</ref>
▲The settlementcurrent name derivesof the settlement, Boat of Garten, fromrefers to the nearby site of the old ferry over the [[Spey River, Scotland|River Spey]].<ref name="Gordon1951">{{cite book|last=Gordon|first=Seton Paul|title=Highlands of Scotland|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=65rkAAAAMAAJ|accessdateaccess-date=5 March 2011|year=1951|publisher=R. Hale|page=184}}</ref> However, its early history does not refer to the "boat" or ferry as Pont's map of 1600 and Roy's map of 1750 named the location simply "Garten".<ref name="SmithLawson2001" />
 
==Geography and Transportation==
Boat of Garten is located between [[Aviemore]] and [[Grantown-on-Spey]]. It lies to the northeast of Aviemore, just north of [[Auchgourish]] and east of [[Kinveachy]].<ref name="GM">{{cite map|title=[[Google Maps]]|publisher=Google|accessdate=5 March 2011}}</ref> Grantown is {{convert|7.5+1/2|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} away.<ref name="Reid1895">{{cite book|last=Reid|first=William|title=Grantown and the adjacent country: a guide to Strathspey|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=tl8VAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA45|accessdateaccess-date=5 March 2011|year=1895|pages=45–}}</ref> Loch Garten lies to the southeast of the village. To the east of the village is the small settlement of [[Drumuillie]].
 
Situated at an altitudeelevation of {{convert|220|m}} [[above mean sea level|above sea level]],<ref name="SmithLawson2001" /> it lies {{convert|0.5500|kmm|ft|abbr=off|sigfig=2}} from the River Spey in the [[Cairngorms National Park]].<ref name="boatgolf.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.boatgolf.com/|title=Welcome to the Boat of Garten Golf Club|work=boatgolf.com|accessdateaccess-date=5 March 2011}}</ref> Being close to the [[Cairngorms|Cairngorm Mountains]].<ref name="moorfieldhouse.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.moorfieldhouse.com/|title=Welcome to Moorfield House|work=moorfieldhouse.com|accessdateaccess-date=5 March 2011}}</ref> it is in view of the [[Lairig Ghru]] and the northern [[Braeriach]] [[Cirque|corries]].<ref name="boatgolf.com" />
 
The area between Boat of Garten and Loch Garten is within the [[Abernethy Forest]] [[National Nature Reserve]],<ref name="Castle2010">{{cite book|last=Castle|first=Alan|title=Speyside Way|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=Hv2UVb2LOA4C&pg=PA108|accessdateaccess-date=5 March 2011|year=2010|publisher=Cicerone Press Limited|isbn=978-1-85284-606-0|pages=108–}}</ref> Boat of Garten being on the forest fringe.<ref name="CampbellSatterly1999">{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=Malcolm|authorlink1author-link1=Malcolm Campbell|last2=Satterly|first2=Glynn|title=The Scottish Golf Book|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=l-IUIch4FLIC&pg=PA147|accessdateaccess-date=5 March 2011|date=1 October 1999|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-58382-053-7|pages=147–}}</ref>
 
Boat of Garten is also an intermediate station between Aviemore and Broomhill on the [[Strathspey Railway (preserved)|Strathspey Railway]], originally part of the [[Great North of Scotland Railway]], now run by the Strathspey Railway Company. <ref name="Strathspey Railway Homepage">{{cite web|url=https://www.strathspeyrailway.co.uk/#sectiontme|access-date=19 June 2024 |title=Family Heritage Railway Attraction in the Highlands of Scotland Homepage }}</ref>
==Landmarks==
[[File:Deshar Road, Boat of Garten - geograph.org.uk - 244400.jpg|thumb|left|Deshar Road, Boat of Garten]]▼
St Columba's Church was built in the summer of 1900 at a cost of £820, and the church hall was added in 1934.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boatofgarten.com/community/stcolumbas.php|title=St Columbas|publisher=Boat of Garten.com|accessdate=5 March 2011}}</ref>▼
 
After the [[Disruption of 1843]], the men of the area engaged in a fanaticism, erecting the "Stone of the Spey" below Boat of Garten. The stone was inscribed by one William Grant and was erected in 1865 in memory of the wife of Patrick Grant. As it was associated with scandal, the district residents destroyed it and threw it into the river.<ref>Reid, p. 70</ref>
 
The village is also renowned for the nearby [[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds|RSPB]] reserve at [[Loch Garten Osprey Centre|Loch Garten]],<ref name="Murphy2001">{{cite book|last=Murphy|first=Alan|title=Scotland Highlands & Islands handbook: the travel guide|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_ks6lKODLoMC&pg=PA189|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=9 September 2001|publisher=Footprint Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-900949-94-1|page=189}}</ref> approximately {{convert|1|mi}} to the east.<ref name="ForganGonzalez2010">{{cite book|last1=Forgan|first1=Duncan|last2=Gonzalez|first2=Michael|last3=Main|first3=Shona|title=Fodor's Scotland|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=W_VEu7tCvBsC&pg=PA364|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=6 April 2010|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4000-0432-4|pages=364–}}</ref>▼
 
The village features a golf course, originally designed by [[James Braid (golfer)|James Braid]]. Built in 1898, it was expanded in 1931.<ref name="CampbellSatterly1999">{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=Malcolm|last2=Satterly|first2=Glynn|title=The Scottish Golf Book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l-IUIch4FLIC&pg=PA147|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=1 October 1999|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-58382-053-7|page=147}}</ref> it has been ranked as one of the top 35 courses in Scotland.<ref name="boatgolf.com" />▼
 
==Flora and fauna==
''[[Alyssum calycinum, L.alyssoides]]'', ''[[Cerastium arvense, L.]]'', ''[[Vaccinium Vitiavitis-Idcea, L.idaea]]'', and ''Kcelerva[[Koeleria cristatamacrantha]]'' are found in the village, as are ''[[Juniperus communis]]'', ''[[Arctostaphylos Vvauva-ursi, L.]]'', ''[[Empetrum nigrum, L.]]'', ''Juniperus communis, L.'', and ''Hypnum[[Ptilium crista-castrensis, L.]]''. Rare fungi include Agaricus (''[[Amanita) virosusvirosa]]'', Fr., A. (Armillaria)''[[Leucocortinarius buWigerbulbiger]]'', A.''[[Pholiota & S.spumosa]]'', A. (Flammula)''[[Tapinella spumoausatrotomentosa]]'', Fr.,''[[Cantharellula Paxillua atrotomentosusumbonata]]'', Fr., Cantharellua''[[Sarcodon umbonatusimbricatus]]'', Fr., Hydnum imbrvcatum,''[[Dentipellis L., H. fragile, Fr.,fragilis]]'' and H.''[[Hydnellum acrobiculatum, Frscrobiculatum]]''.<ref name="Glasgow1892">{{cite book|author=Natural History Society of Glasgow|title=Transactions of the Natural History Society of Glasgow|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=3QgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR17|accessdateaccess-date=5 March 2011|year=1892|publisher=The Society.|pages=lv, 17–}}</ref> Boat of Garten has also significant population of [[Osprey]]s.<ref name="ElseBerry2005">{{cite book|last1=Else|first1=David|last2=Berry|first2=Oliver|title=Great Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u-4_Vjo7ztEC&pg=PA878|access-date=5 March 2011|year=2005|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74059-921-4|page=878}}</ref>
 
==Landmarks==
▲St Columba's Church was built in the summer of 1900, at a cost of £820, and the church hall was added in 1934.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boatofgarten.com/community/stcolumbas.php|title=St Columbas|publisher=Boat of Garten.com|accessdateaccess-date=5 March 2011}}</ref>
[[File:Deshar Road, Boat of Garten - geograph.org.uk - 244400.jpg|thumb|left|Deshar Road, Boat of Garten]]
St Columba's Church was built in the summer of 1900 at a cost of £820, and the church hall was added in 1934.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boatofgarten.com/community/stcolumbas.php|title=St Columbas|publisher=Boat of Garten.com|accessdate=5 March 2011}}</ref>
 
▲The village is also renowned for the nearby [[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds|RSPB]] reserve at [[Loch Garten Osprey Centre|Loch Garten]],<ref name="Murphy2001">{{cite book|last=Murphy|first=Alan|title=Scotland Highlands & Islands handbook: the travel guide|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=_ks6lKODLoMC&pg=PA189|accessdateaccess-date=5 March 2011|date=9 September 2001|publisher=Footprint Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-900949-94-1|page=189}}</ref> well known for ospreys. It is approximately {{convert|1|mi}} to the east.<ref name="ForganGonzalez2010">{{cite book|last1=Forgan|first1=Duncan|last2=Gonzalez|first2=Michael|last3=Main|first3=Shona|title=Fodor's Scotland|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=W_VEu7tCvBsC&pg=PA364|accessdateaccess-date=5 March 2011|date=6 April 2010|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4000-0432-4|pages=364–}}</ref>
After the [[Disruption of 1843]], the men of the area engaged in a fanaticism, erecting the "Stone of the Spey" below Boat of Garten. The stone was inscribed by one William Grant and was erected in 1865 in memory of the wife of Patrick Grant. As it was associated with scandal, the district residents destroyed it and threw it into the river.<ref>Reid, p. 70</ref>
 
▲The village features a golf course, originally designed by [[James Braid (golfer)|James Braid]]. Built in 1898, it was expanded in 1931.<ref name="CampbellSatterly1999">{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=Malcolm|last2=Satterly|first2=Glynn|title=The Scottish Golf Book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l-IUIch4FLIC&pg=PA147|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=1 October 1999|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-58382-053-7|page=147}}</ref> itIt has been ranked as one of the top 35 courses in Scotland.<ref name="boatgolf.com" />
The village is also renowned for the nearby [[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds|RSPB]] reserve at [[Loch Garten Osprey Centre|Loch Garten]],<ref name="Murphy2001">{{cite book|last=Murphy|first=Alan|title=Scotland Highlands & Islands handbook: the travel guide|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_ks6lKODLoMC&pg=PA189|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=9 September 2001|publisher=Footprint Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-900949-94-1|page=189}}</ref> approximately {{convert|1|mi}} to the east.<ref name="ForganGonzalez2010">{{cite book|last1=Forgan|first1=Duncan|last2=Gonzalez|first2=Michael|last3=Main|first3=Shona|title=Fodor's Scotland|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=W_VEu7tCvBsC&pg=PA364|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=6 April 2010|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4000-0432-4|pages=364–}}</ref>
 
The Community Company created a garden in 2002 and in 2013 two sculptures and an information hub commissioned by the community were installed in the Station Square, adjacent to the Community Garden. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boatofgarten.com|publisher=Boat of Garten.com|accessdatetitle=Welcome to Boat of Garten, The Osprey Village|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref>▼
The village features a golf course, originally designed by [[James Braid (golfer)|James Braid]]. Built in 1898, it was expanded in 1931.<ref name="CampbellSatterly1999">{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=Malcolm|last2=Satterly|first2=Glynn|title=The Scottish Golf Book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l-IUIch4FLIC&pg=PA147|accessdate=5 March 2011|date=1 October 1999|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-58382-053-7|page=147}}</ref> it has been ranked as one of the top 35 courses in Scotland.<ref name="boatgolf.com" />
 
The remains of a medieval [[motte-and-bailey castle]] known as [[Tom Pitlac]] (or the hill of Bigla or Matilda) is located to the east of the village, adjacent to Drumuillie.<ref name="TomPitlacCanmore">{{Canmore |num=15397|desc=Tom Pitlac|access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref> It is a scheduled ancient monument, and is believed to date from the 12th or 13th century, with a historic link in the 15th century to Bigla, a daughter of Gilbert Cumin, Lord of Glenchearnach.<ref name="HESTomPitlac">{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM9110|desc=Tom Pitlac, Motte|access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref> Associated with the castle, to the south of Drumuillie was the Spey 'Miracle Stone', which commemorated a local legend in which the Spey river waters supposedly divided to allow a funeral to proceed to nearby [[Duthil]].<ref name="SpeyStoneCanmore">{{Canmore |num=15392|desc=Spey, 'miracle Stone'|access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="SpeystoneBBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radioscotland/2012/09/the-miracle-stone-of-the-spey.shtml| title=The Miracle Stone of the Spey |publisher=BBC Radio Scotland |access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref> The commemoration stone was said to have been erected as a result of the [[Disruption of 1843]]. It was inscribed by one William Grant, and was erected in 1865 in memory of the wife of Patrick Grant. But as it was associated with scandal, the district residents destroyed it and threw it into the river.<ref>Reid, p. 70</ref>
▲The Community Company created a garden in 2002 and in 2013 two sculptures and an information hub commissioned by the community were installed in the Station Square, adjacent to the Community Garden. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boatofgarten.com|publisher=Boat of Garten.com|accessdate=16 March 2014}}</ref>
 
<gallery>
▲[[File:St Columba's Church and War Memorial, Boat of Garten.jpg|thumb|St Columba's Church and War Memorial]]
▲[[File:Deshar Road, Boat of Garten - geograph.org.uk - 244400.jpg|thumb|left|Deshar Road, Boat of Garten]]
</gallery>
 
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.boatofgarten.com Boat of Garten Website]
 
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