MacKinnon’s Brook Lane from Above

Taken 2005 August 17 while descending Beinn Bhiorach.

The road in the center left of the picture is MacKinnon’s Brook Lane, along which Fair Alistair’s Mountain (“Beinn Alasdair Bhain”) Trail runs for a distance, until it starts climbing towards the summit of Fair Alistair’s Mountain, the mountain in the far distance. The lane skirts a meadow and goes further on, where, if you look carefully, you’ll see a private house nestled at the left edge of the meadow in the upper right of the picture. MacKinnon’s Brook Lane is usually drivable with a suitable vehicle, but wash outs may make deep ruts that are impassible for normal vehicles; Ian Sherman of the CMTC advises “As for the parked vehicles on MacKinnon's Brook Lane, the trail club has always encouraged visitors to walk rather than drive the narrow often washed out lane for obvious reasons. However, it is still maintained as a listed road by the NS Dept. of Transportation.” Beyond the gate past the first meadow, usually padlocked, the road is private and hikers are expected to stick to the trail which, by courtesy, runs across private lands here.

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