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Port Charlotte, Islay

Field	Value
country	Scotland
official_name	Port Charlotte
gaelic_name	Port Sgioba
population	350
population_ref	(1991)
coordinates
os_grid_reference	NR252581
civil_parish	Kilchoman
unitary_scotland	Argyll and Bute
lieutenancy_scotland	Argyll and Bute
constituency_westminster	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
constituency_scottish_parliament	Argyll and Bute
static_image_name	Scotland Argyll Bute Islay Port Charlotte 02.jpg
static_image_caption	Looking south towards Port Charlotte
post_town	ISLE OF ISLAY
postcode_district	PA48
postcode_area	PA
dial_code	01496

Port Charlotte () is a village on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It was founded in 1828. In 1991 it had a population of 350.

On 24 September 1828 the foundation stone of the pier was laid at a fete attended by 4,000 of Walter Frederick Campbell's tenants. Port Charlotte was named after Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury, the mother of its founder Walter Frederick Campbell; and it was set up mainly to provide housing facilities for the Lochindaal Distillery work force.

By 1833 a chapel had been built in the village which was in use but far from complete.

In 1846 contractors were invited to construct a quay at Port Charlotte, which was funded by Thomas Pattison, Distiller of Octomore and designed by Mr. Pitbladdo of Bridgend and this was completed by 1848.

Parts of the former distillery buildings are now in use as Youth Hostel and Wildlife Centre. Others are currently used by a garage nearby. The remaining warehouses are currently owned and used by Bruichladdich distillery to mature their Port Charlotte heavily peated spirit, named in tribute to the village and original distillery.

The village is located on the shores of Loch Indaal and is very picturesque with its white-painted houses. It is home to the Museum of Islay Life which is located in a former Church building.

In October 1813, the American privateer The True Blooded Yankee captured six merchant ships lying at Port Charlotte, casting them adrift and setting fire to three.

References

"Details of Port Charlotte". [[Gazetteer for Scotland]].
. (29 October 1828). ["Island of Islay"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18281029/023/0003). *Morning Post*.
(2007). "The Oxford Companion to Scottish History". Oxford University Press.
. (3 July 1833). ["Island of Islay in the West Highlands"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002580/18330703/042/0005). *Patriot*.
. (20 April 1846). ["Island of Islay, Argyllshire. Contractors Wanted"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18460420/020/0002). *Glasgow Herald*.
. (23 March 1848). ["Farms, Distillery and Meal Mill to be Let"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002681/18480323/019/0002). *North British Daily Mail*.
(August 2008). "Washington's Wolfpack: The Navy Before There Was A Navy". Fireship Press.
(August 2008). "The War of 1812: A Complete Chronology with Biographies of 63 General Officers". McFarland.
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