Hunters Quay (Scottish Gaelic: Camas Rainich) is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Situated between Kirn to the south and Ardnadam to the north, Hunters Quay is the main base of Western Ferries, operating between Hunters Quay and McInroy's Point.
It is home to the Royal Marine Hotel, which is over 100 years old.[1]
"Jim Crow" (originally "The Jim Crow"[2]), a pointed rock on the beach, has been painted with a face since the early 1900s.[2] The inspiration behind the name and design have been suggested to be: Thomas Rice, a white American caricaturing a black man; the owner of a nearby builders’ yard; a shark; and a jackdaw, which has a black beak, not a red mouth. Another is that it is named after the poem Jim Crow, the Jackdaw of Rheims.[3][4] In June 2009, the rock was painted over in an apparent act of vandalism.[5]
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 Hunters Quay viewed from Cloch Point. |
 "Jim Crow" during high tide. |
 A Western Ferries ferry approaching the quay. The Royal Marine Hotel is the half-timbered building to the right. |
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Coordinates: 55°58′N 4°54′W / 55.967°N 4.9°W
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