The name Corpach is reputedly based on the Gaelic for "field of corpses", so called because it was perhaps used as a resting place when taking coffins of chieftains on the way to burial on
Iona. The
Battle of Corpach in about 1470 saw
Clan Cameron rout
Clan MacLean. In
World War I, the
United States Navy had a base at Corpach as part of the laying of the
North Sea Mine Barrage.
Naval mines were shipped into Corpach from the United States, and were then sent to the
Inverness base along the
Caledonian Canal, which joins
Loch Linnhe at Corpach. During
World War II, Corpach was the engineering base for
HMS St Christopher which was a training base for
Royal Navy Coastal Forces. Some of the buildings are still in use. There was a large camp at Annat, which became Annat Village after the War consisting of some 200 houses similar to Prefab houses but of stronger cement construction and flat-roofed; some of the cement remains can still be seen about the area. It is now used as a caravan site. ==References==