ABERFOYLE  , a

village and parish of Perthshire, Scotland, 341 M . N. by W. of Glasgow by the North British railway . Pop. of parish (1901) 1052 . The village is situated at the base of Craigmore (1271 ft. high) and on the Laggan, a head-water of the Forth . Since 1885, when the duke of Montrose constructed a road over the eastern shoulder of Craigmore to join the older road at the entrance of the Trossachs pass, Aberfoyle has be-come the alternative route to the Trossachs and Loch Katrine . Loch Ard, about 2 M . W. of Aberfoyle, lies 105 ft. above the sea . It is 3 m. long (including the narrows at the east end) and 1 m. broad . Towards the west end is Eilean Gorm (the green isle), and near the north-western shore are the falls of Ledard . Two m . N.W. is Loch Chon, 290 ft. above the sea, I4 m. long, and about 'z m. broad . It drains by the Avon Dhu to Loch Ard, which is drained in turn by the Laggan .

The

slate quarries on Craigmore are the only industry in Aberfoyle .