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The Blackfoot River, sometimes called the Big Blackfoot River to distinguish it from the Little Blackfoot River, is a snow-fed and spring-fed river in western Montana. The Blackfoot River begins in Lewis and Clark County at the Continental Divide, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the town of Lincoln (4,536 ft; 1,383 m).
Map showing the Little Blackfoot River and its watershed. Irrigation of ranchland to produce hay for cattle is the predominant use of the Little Blackfoot River. [13] There are somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 distinct prior-appropriation water rights on the Little Blackfoot River, although an exact accounting of how much water is taken annually is not known.
Wise River; Boulder River; Roe River (one of the shortest rivers in the world) Madison River; Gallatin River. East Gallatin River; Sixteen Mile Creek; Dearborn River; Smith River; Sun River; Belt Creek; Marias River. Cut Bank Creek; Two Medicine River. Birch Creek. Dupuyer Creek; Teton River; Cottonwood Creek (Liberty County, Montana) Arrow ...
Lewis and Clark Pass is a mountain pass on the continental divide in Montana, United States, at an elevation of 6,424 feet (1,958 m) above sea level.The pass lies at the head of the drainages of the west-flowing Blackfoot River and the east-flowing Dearborn River, in the Helena National Forest in Lewis and Clark County.
Little Blackfoot River Bridge: 1914 2010-01-04 Avon: Powell: Locate Creek Bridge: 1901 2012-4-26 Miles City vicinity: Custer: Montana's Steel Stringer and Steel Girder Bridges MPS Marias River Bridge: 1936 2012-4-26 Shelby vicinity
The dam was located about seven miles east of Missoula, Montana, at the confluence of the Blackfoot River with the Clark Fork. Built in 1908 by copper mining tycoon William A. Clark, it was meant to supply hydroelectricity to his sawmills in nearby Bonner, Montana. Clark's sawmills supplied the giant timbers used to shore up the walls of the ...
Milltown State Park is a public recreation area located at the confluence of the Clark Fork River and the Blackfoot River in Missoula County, Montana, United States. The state park opened in 2018 after the removal of the Milltown Dam and the remediation of the Milltown Reservoir Superfund Site. The park encompasses 635 acres and offers trails ...
For a history of the river and the people, see Grant-Kohrs family and history of Clark Fork River region. The Clark Fork and the Blackfoot River experienced a record flood in 1908. [18] Since the late 19th century many areas in the watershed of the river have been extensively mined for minerals, resulting in an ongoing stream pollution problem ...