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AWE, lake, river, and pass in central part of mainland of Argyleshire. The lake extends 24 miles north-north-east-ward to base of Bencruachan, has a mean breadth of not more than a mile, but expands towards the foot to a mean breadth of about 2 miles ; forms there 2 off-sets or horns, the one receiving the river Orchy, the other discharging the river Awe ; exhibits great variety of scenery, passing from plainness at the head to gorgeous grandeur at the foot ; looks, in its broadest parts, to be remarkably small, as compared with the magnitude and loftiness of the mountains overhanging it ; has everywhere, but especially toward the foot, much intricacy and ornature of shore line ; possesses much diversity and wealth of trout-fishing, all open to the public ; began, in the summer of 1876, to be traversed by a screw-steamer, in communication with public conveyances to its shores ; is now crossed near its foot by the Callander and Oban Railway, sweeping round to the gorge of Awe river; and has at its foot a railway station, a steamboat pier, and a new hotel. The river leaves the lake in calm current, enters a narrow, deep, stupendous gorge, traverses there a wildly broken, rocky bottom, and goes 4 miles north-westward, mostly in tumultuous rush, to Loch Etive at Bunawe. The pass occurs in the river's gorge ; is flanked at one part by a precipice 1308 feet high ; was formerly traversable there only by an almost mural ascent, commanded at the top by a fortalice, but is now facilitated by a bridge ; and was the scene of an exploit by Sir William Wallace, and a skirmish between King Robert Bruce and Macdougal of Lorn.