Loch Treig

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Loch Treig
with Glen Spean
Location	Highland, Scotland
Coordinates	56°50′N 4°44′WCoordinates: 56°50′N 4°44′W
Lake type	freshwater loch, natural, reservoir
Basin countries	United Kingdom

Loch Treig (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Trèig) is a 9 km freshwater loch situated in a steep-sided glen 20 km east of Fort William, in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. While there are no roads alongside the loch, the West Highland Line follows its eastern bank.

Since 1929 Loch Treig has been a reservoir, retained behind the Treig Dam, forming part of the Lochaber hydro-electric scheme, which required diversion of the West Highland Railway.