Inversnaid, hamlet with inn and pier (and ferry to Inveruglas, opposite), Buchanan par., Stirlingshire, on E. side of Loch Lomond, and at mouth of Arklet Water, 3 miles NE. of Tarbet, 4¾ miles SE. of Ardlui pier (at head of loch), and 5 miles SW. of Stronachlachar Hotel (on Loch Katrine); P.O.; in vicinity is Inversnaid Lodge; 1 mile NE. is the ruined Garrison of Inversnaid, erected in 1713 to check the turbulence of the Macgregors; behind the inn, on Arklet Water, is Inversnaid Waterfall, the scene of Wordsworth's Highland Girl.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))