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Polson (Montana Salish: nčmqnétkʷ, Kutenai: kwataqnuk [3]) is a city in Lake County, Montana, United States, on the southern shore of Flathead Lake and within the Flathead Indian Reservation. The population was 5,148 at the 2020 census. [4] It is the county seat of Lake County. [5] In 1898 the city was named after pioneer rancher David Polson.
Lake County is a county located in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census , the population was 31,134. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Polson .
Flathead Lake (Salish: člq̓etkʷ, Kutenai: yawuʔnik̓ ʔa·kuq̓nuk) [3] is a large natural lake in northwest Montana, United States. The lake is a remnant of the ancient, massive glacial dammed lake, Lake Missoula, of the era of the last interglacial. [4] Flathead Lake is a natural lake along the mainline of the Flathead River. It was ...
Other tribal businesses are the KwaTaqNuk Resort & Casino in Polson (county seat of Lake County and most populous community on the reservation) and Gray Wolf Peak Casino in Evaro, Montana. Séliš Ksanka Ql'ispé Dam , formerly known as Kerr Dam , was completed in 1938 and dams the Flathead River a few miles below Flathead Lake southwest of ...
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Kings Point is located in north-central Lake County. It occupies the western shore of Flathead Lake from Black Point in the north to the community of Rocky Point in the south. Physical features along the lake that are in the CDP from north to south include Safety Bay, The Narrows, Lansing Point, Kings Point, Stone Quarry Bay, and Wolf Point. [4]
Montana Highway 35 passes through the community, leading north 5 miles (8 km) into Bigfork and south 28 miles (45 km) to Polson, the Lake county seat. Kalispell is 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Woods Bay via highways 35, 82 , and 93 .
The community is bordered to the south by Polson, the county seat, and to the north by the community of Rocky Point. U.S. Route 93 forms the southwestern edge of the Jette CDP, leading northwest 14 miles (23 km) to Elmo and southeast 2 miles (3 km) to the center of Polson and a further 36 miles (58 km) to Ravalli.