Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Wick is a royal burgh in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. It was originally a Viking settlement, which was expanded as a herring fishery in the early nineteenth century to house crofters cleared from their lands. The town lies on the east coast. It has a small airport, a railway station and a heritage centre. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.