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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 ...
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 ...
The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks operate approximately 275,265 acres (1,113.96 km 2) of state parks and access points on the state's rivers and lakes. The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation manages 5,200,000 acres (21,000 km 2) of School Trust Land ceded by the federal government under the Land Ordinance ...
Big Spring Creek (Montana) Bighorn River; Birch Creek (Chouteau County, Montana) Birch Creek (Pondera County, Montana) Bitterroot River; Blackfoot River (Montana) Blacktail Deer Creek; Bloody Dick Creek; Boulder River (southwestern Montana) Boulder River (Sweet Grass County, Montana) Boundary Creek (Alberta–Montana) Bourne Coulee
The Clearwater River forms the southwest edge of the community, flowing out of the lake and running south toward the Blackfoot River, part of the watershed of the Clark Fork River. Montana Highway 83 passes through the community, leading south 14 miles (23 km) to Montana Highway 200 at Clearwater Junction and north 74 miles (119 km) to Bigfork.
Bonner Dam was built in 1884 (rebuilt in 1886) on the Blackfoot River to hold logs and provide a little energy to the mill. [17] Milltown Dam (aka Clark's Dam), finished in January 1908, was built just passed the confluence of the Blackfoot and Clark Fork rivers by Montana's U.S Senator William A. Clark to supply hydroelectricity to local mills ...