Cam Loch

Coordinates: 56°01′59″N 5°29′45″W / 56.0330°N 5.4958°W / 56.0330; -5.4958
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Cam Loch
LocationNorth Knapdale, Scotland
Coordinates56°01′59″N 5°29′45″W / 56.0330°N 5.4958°W / 56.0330; -5.4958
grid reference NR82308780
TypeReservoir
Basin countriesScotland, United Kingdom
Surface area284,960 m2 (3,067,300 sq ft)
Water volume1,068,000 m3 (866 acre⋅ft)

Cam Loch (the Crooked Loch) is one of a number of water supply sources for the Crinan Canal. The impounding reservoir lies to the south of the canal and about 3 kilometres west of Lochgilphead. It has an earthwork dam 8.5 metres high, with records showing that construction was before 1860.

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