Evelix, a stream of Creich and Dornoch parishes, SE Sutherland, issuing from Loch an Lagain (7½ x 1¾ furl.; 446 feet), 4½ miles NE of Bouar Bridge. Thence it winds 5½ miles east-south-eastward along the mutual boundary of the two parishes. next 7½ miles east-south-eastward and west-south-westward through the interior. of Dornoch, till it falls into Dornoch Firth at Meikle Ferry. Its banks, over most of its course, are beautifully wooded; and it affords fair trout and grilse fishing.—Ord. Sur., shs. 102, 103, 94, 1878-81.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)