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Many thanks to The Old Mill Fishings for facilitating this camera's location and to The Forth Rivers Trust & Stirling Council for capitally funding its installation. The River Forth 29 miles long, is the major river draining the eastern part of the central belt of Scotland. The Forth rises in Loch Ard in the Trossachs, a mountainous area some 19 miles west of Stirling. It flows roughly eastward, through Aberfoyle, joining with the Duchray Water and Kelty Water, and out over the flat expanse of the Flanders Moss. It is then joined by the River Teith (which itself drains Loch Venachar, Loch Lubnaig, Loch Katrine, and Loch Voil) and the River Allan, before meandering through the ancient city of Stirling. At Stirling the river widens and becomes tidal, and it is here that the last (seasonal) ford of the river exists. From Stirling, the Forth flows east over the Carse of Stirling and past the towns of Cambus (where it is joined by the river Devon), Alloa, Fallin and Airth. Upon reaching Kincardine the river begins to widen into an estuary, the Firth of Forth. The Forth is one of the great salmon rivers of Britain.