Canisbay
Encyclopedia
Canisbay is a rural hamlet located about 1 miles (1.6 km) southwest of Huna
and 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of John o' Groats
in Caithness
, Scottish Highlands
, and is in the Scottish
council area of Highland. It lies on the A836
coast road, which bypasses the hamlet to the north.
It is home to Canisbay Primary School, a Youth Hostel, Village Hall, Medical Practice, and two Churches, one of which is the church used by Charles, Prince of Wales
. The Church is also the burial place of Jean De Groot, the ferryman which John o' Groats
is named after.
Canisbay is in the Parish of Canisbay which includes John o' Groats
, Upper and Lower Gills, Huna and Freswick.
Canisbay is home to Canisbay Juniors, who are the "feeder" team to John o' Groats FC with many of the key first team players having played for the side at one time. They play in the youth development leagues in Caithness where they enter teams at all age groups.
Canisbay is also home to Canisbay Rifle club, who regularly punch above their weight in the Caithness Rifle Leagues.
Canisbay is also home to one of the last peat-cutters in the area, Mr MacDonald, whose peat
stack is an unofficial tourist attraction in the village, with many tourists photographing it and even offering to purchase some peat
.
The Canisbay Show is the local agricultural and crafts show held mid-June each year in the park behind the village hall, with the JCB competition, the karate
display and mainly the Beer Tent being the big attractions.
Huna, Caithness
Huna is a small remote crofting township, located 2 miles northeast of Canisbay and 3 miles west of John o' Groats in Caithness, in Scotland. It is currently part of the Highland Council area. Huna is located 0.5 miles from John o' Groats....
and 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of John o' Groats
John o' Groats
John o' Groats is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland. Part of the county of Caithness, John o' Groats is popular with tourists because it is usually regarded as the most northerly settlement of mainland Great Britain, although this is not a claim made by the inhabitants...
in Caithness
Caithness
Caithness is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic local government area of Scotland. The name was used also for the earldom of Caithness and the Caithness constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . Boundaries are not identical in all contexts, but the Caithness area is...
, Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
, and is in the Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
council area of Highland. It lies on the A836
A836 road
The A836 road is entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, and 129 miles long.It branches from the A9 near Tain and runs generally north through Bonar Bridge and Lairg, until Tongue. Between Lairg and Tongue the road is single track for 38 miles...
coast road, which bypasses the hamlet to the north.
It is home to Canisbay Primary School, a Youth Hostel, Village Hall, Medical Practice, and two Churches, one of which is the church used by Charles, Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...
. The Church is also the burial place of Jean De Groot, the ferryman which John o' Groats
John o' Groats
John o' Groats is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland. Part of the county of Caithness, John o' Groats is popular with tourists because it is usually regarded as the most northerly settlement of mainland Great Britain, although this is not a claim made by the inhabitants...
is named after.
Canisbay is in the Parish of Canisbay which includes John o' Groats
John o' Groats
John o' Groats is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland. Part of the county of Caithness, John o' Groats is popular with tourists because it is usually regarded as the most northerly settlement of mainland Great Britain, although this is not a claim made by the inhabitants...
, Upper and Lower Gills, Huna and Freswick.
Canisbay is home to Canisbay Juniors, who are the "feeder" team to John o' Groats FC with many of the key first team players having played for the side at one time. They play in the youth development leagues in Caithness where they enter teams at all age groups.
Canisbay is also home to Canisbay Rifle club, who regularly punch above their weight in the Caithness Rifle Leagues.
Canisbay is also home to one of the last peat-cutters in the area, Mr MacDonald, whose peat
Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world...
stack is an unofficial tourist attraction in the village, with many tourists photographing it and even offering to purchase some peat
Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world...
.
The Canisbay Show is the local agricultural and crafts show held mid-June each year in the park behind the village hall, with the JCB competition, the karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
display and mainly the Beer Tent being the big attractions.