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Date of Creation
7-6-2019
Material Type
Photograph
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Restoration movement (Christianity)--History|y19th century.
Encyclopedia Entry
Campbell, Alexander
Global History Chapter
1. Emergence of the Stone-Campbell Movement
Creative Commons License
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Source
Digital photograph on site.
Description
View along the southeast shore of Loch Indaal Bay of the village of Bowmore in the distance (right) with mountains of Jura on the horizon. Looking northeast from the shipwreck site near Gartbreck Point.
Comments
Use photographs of locations on the Campbell family’s route from Ireland to Glasgow to develop geographical awareness in students of the Campbell family’s history and empathy for the difficulty of their journey.
Keywords
Alexander Campbell, shipwreck, Isle of Islay, Gartbreck, Loch Indaal
Comments
Alexander Campbell, his mother, and his siblings were shipwrecked October 7, 1808, near this Gartbreck Point on the island of Islay off the west coast of Scotland. This photograph looks to the northeast from the rocky shore of Loch Indaal. Visible in the distance are the white buildings of the village of Bowmore to the east and on the horizon the mountains of the island of Jura to the northeast.