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ALVIE, parish in Badenoch district, Inverness-shire. It contains the post office of Lynwilg, under Aviemore, and the rail-way station of Kincraig. Its extreme length is upwards of 20 miles, and its area is 86,618 acres. Keal property in 1880-81, 8561. Pop. 707. The surface is bisected by the Spey, includes part of that river's strath, averagely about 650 feet above sea-level, and extends on one side to one of the loftiest summits of the Central Grampians, on the other side to mountain summits considerably lower. Loch Alvie, in the strath, measures about 3 miles in circuit ; and Tor Alvie, adjacent to that lake, is a lofty crag surmounted by a monumental cairn. Other chief features are Kinrara, a seat of the Duke of Richmond ; and Belleville, built by ' Ossian ' Macpherson, on site of an ancient stronghold of the Comyns. The churches are Established and Free ; and the public school is a new building, with accommodation for 150 scholars.
