Sadly they have both now passed.

Carl Lewis- one of the greatest Olympians was born in Stornoway!

Huey Lewis- one of the greatest beat combo leads singers- was conceived in the Callanish (Callanais) stone circle during an ancient druidic ritual

But why would they not have stayed in Canada ? It's a nice country .

Interesting, my MacIver grandparents initially moved to Montreal I believe and from there moved to New Jersey

This island also made me...and I'm not a Trumper. I'm a Lewis. Lol

And what about the millions of English and Welsh men and women who are of Viking descent? There’s less difference than you think.

There's probably more in common with the Irish Gaelic, given the language.

you need to research your history on the macleads my friend the jacobytes slaughtered nearly half of my clan macleod on sky because they wouldnt pick up the sword against goverment troops matter of fact thier actions had the exact opposite effect they foght back and dispersed them from the island only time they came back was to hide thier king pretender

The Vikings did settle in Caithness and a small part of Sutherland. The name Sutherland is actually Norse. It means the "southern land" as seen from Orkney, but they were either driven out or had assimilated with the locals by around the 12th century. The Romans did advance further than Antonine's wall because there are a string of fortlets along the Highland fault line north of the Ochils and stretching up into Angus. Those forts were built during the first Roman invasion of Caledonia around 80 AD. They were reused a couple of hundred years later when Septimus Severus decided to invade Caledonia again around 208 AD. That was a pretty harsh invasion where the Romans tried to commit genocide on the Picts, but fortunately Severus fell ill, retired back down to York and died there. His son was supposed to carry on with the genocide, but then got word that there was unrest in other parts of the empire and returned to Rome. That gave the Picts time to "regenerate". A hundred years later they were raiding down south beyond Hadrian's wall.

That is your democratic right of course. It is just such a shame that he diminished the US and empowered China as we can no longer rely on the US to be the beacon for democracy. His failure to accept the election result has empowered dictators and made your country a laughing stock - which is sad.

@@Whyslowdown Division gets us no where. Search for truth always.

@@Derbyabc I agree. He lost the election. That is the truth. The US is diminished in foreign eyes both because of his presidency and the way he handled the loss. That is also the truth. And China, whose economy has grown 7% in the last year alone, has been the winner from Trump's presidency. That is also the truth. I agree. Search for the truth.

@@Whyslowdown Many of us who have mailboxes received multiple mail in ballots. That was a complete sham. The truth will come out and by next election we pray that the process eliminates any possible voting fraud!!!!!!! And we all know his stance on China come on!!!

@@Derbyabc I don't have time for your conspiracy theory rubbish. Please stop following me.

Love the tiny beach at Tobson...spent days there kayaking or many a peaceful hour sat there reading and having my evening meal.Nice place to go when Bosta beach is too busy (as it has started to get sometimes in the past few years) I ❤ Lewis 🙂

Hey You ; We here in Toronto, Ontario , Canada have our roots in Scotland . Now , ya dooun't do thaut really do ya ? You fellas sound as if you are prejudice of those of the Lewisach or Herrach families . In the modern world it's not the way . You should be making friends . Some nice girls in those families might fancie you !

John H. Your ancestors that come from these barren wind and rain swept islands woke up one morning after weeks of non stop pissing rain and wind and said "FUCK THIS...I AM NOT LIVING ON THESE SHIT ISLANDS ANYMORE" so they all pissed off to another country....but as these Islanders brains were pretty well damaged due to loneliness, boredom and of course the weather they did,nt know any better which is why they ended up in Canada..its a bit of "OUT OF THE FRYING PAN AND INTO THE FIRE" ....where most of the year is windswept with rain and wind, snow and freezing cold conditions....and now you lot think that you have the right to down talk the USA President DJ Trump?? Go and talk down your own Arse Hole P.M. of Canada first before insulting other countries. If you really love these Islands as you say you do (Liar) then you would have stayed on them or at least returned and advanced them for the remaining residents and put the Islands on the maps of progress...and not just buying a tourists scarf.

first i have heard of that and iam a staffin boy 78 yrs old why would they come all the way across the minch for a dance when they had a perfectly good dance hall in stornaway only rough n tumble place i can remember on a saturday night was in the kyle