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Village in Scotland

Boat of Garten (Coit a' Ghartain; originally: Garten) is a small village and post town in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland. In 1951, the population was less than 400; in 1971, it was almost 500; in 1981, it was almost 700, and the same in 2001.

Boat of Garten is also known informally as "Osprey village", due to the significant population of Ospreys However, Pont's map of 1600 and Roy's map of 1750 named the location simply "Garten". Loch Garten lies to the southeast of the village. To the east of the village is the small settlement of Drumuillie. Situated at an elevation of above sea level, Being close to the Cairngorm Mountains. it is in view of the Lairig Ghru and the northern Braeriach corries. Boat of Garten being on the forest fringe.

Alyssum alyssoides, Cerastium arvense, Vaccinium vitis idaea and Koeleria macrantha are found in the village, as are Juniperus communis, Arctostaphylos uva ursi, Empetrum nigrum and Ptilium crista castrensis. Rare fungi include Amanita virosa, Leucocortinarius bulbiger, Pholiota spumosa, Tapinella atrotomentosa, Cantharellula umbonata, Sarcodon imbricatus, Dentipellis fragilis and Hydnellum scrobiculatum. Boat of Garten has also significant population of Ospreys.

St Columba's Church was built in the summer of 1900, at a cost of £820, and the church hall was added in 1934. The village is also renowned for the nearby RSPB reserve at Loch Garten, well known for ospreys. It is approximately 1 mile (2 km) to the east. The village features a golf course, originally designed by James Braid. Built in 1898, it was expanded in 1931. The remains of a medieval motte and bailey castle known as Tom Pitlac (or the hill of Bigla or Matilda) is located to the east of the village, adjacent to Drumuillie. It is a scheduled ancient monument, and is believed to date from the 12th or 13th century, with a historic link in the 15th century to Bigla, a daughter of Gilbert Cumin, Lord of Glenchearnach. Associated with the castle, to the south of Drumuillie was the Spey 'Miracle Stone', which commemorated a local legend in which the Spey river waters supposedly divided to allow a funeral to proceed to nearby Duthil. The commemoration stone was said to have been erected as a result of the Disruption of 1843. It was inscribed by one William Grant, and was erected in 1865 in memory of the wife of Patrick Grant. But as it was associated with scandal, the district residents destroyed it and threw it into the river.