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Loch Linnhe follows the line of the [[Great Glen Fault]], and is the only sea loch along the fault.{{sfnp|Omand|2004|p=11|ps=}} About {{convert|50|km|mi|sigfig=1|abbr=off}} long, it opens onto the [[Firth of Lorne]] at its southwestern end. The part of the loch upstream of Corran is {{convert|15|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long and an average of about {{convert|2|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} wide. The southern part of the loch is wider, and its branch southeast of the island of [[Lismore, Scotland|Lismore]] is known as the Lynn of Lorne. [[Loch Eil]] feeds into Loch Linnhe at the latter's northernmost point, while from the east [[Loch Leven (Highlands)|Loch Leven]] feeds in the loch just downstream of Corran and [[Loch Creran]] feeds into the Lynn of Lorne. The town of [[Fort William, Highland|Fort William]] lies at the northeast end of the loch, at the mouth of the [[River Lochy]].
According to the [[Bard]] Fr. [[Allan MacDonald (poet)|Allan MacDonald]], an important figure in [[Scottish Gaelic literature]], Loch Linnhe was said in local [[Scottish folklore]] to be the home of an [[
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