Strontian is on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula at the head of Loch Sunart. There is something about the place that brings out the resourcefulness of people. It gave its name to strontium, a soft, silvery metal; is currently where a consortium of parents and interested parties has built a new primary school; it was, in 1846, where a floating church that could hold 700 people was moored, having been built on the Clyde and towed there. The metal has several significant uses; the school will serve generations to come; the recovery of parts of the church which was used until 1869 is the subject of an interesting charitable appeal.
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