Easdale
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Easdale (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Eisdeal) is one of the Slate Islands, west of Argyll in Scotland. Originally home to large slate quarries, the small island now has a population of around sixty people and is home to a folk museum. It is the smallest permanently inhabited island of the Inner Hebrides.
A ferry sails from Easdale to Ellenabeich on the nearby island of Seil, which is separated from Easdale by only a narrow channel. Confusingly, Ellenabeich is sometimes known as Easdale as a result of its traditional connections with the island.
As of 2005, there are plans by the local authority, Argyll and Bute Council, to build a bridge between the island and Seil, thereby linking the island to the mainland by road.[1] (http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=640657). This is in spite of there being no roads on the island.
An event known as the World Stone Skimming Championship has been taking place annually on Easdale since 1983.
External Links
- The Easdale Island Trust (http://www.easdale.org/)
- World Stone Skimming Championship (http://www.stoneskimming.com/)
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