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The Kootenai River Trail along the Montana section of the river, [137] about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) long, follows the river from Libby to Kootenai Falls and the well known Swinging Bridge across the Kootenai. [138] Skattebo Reach Trail, on the lower river, is about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) long, running from Brilliant to Glade. [139]
English: This is a basic map of the Kootenay/Kootenai river. The name of the river changes as it crosses an international border. This map is to illustrate this change and show the geographic location of the river
Map highlighting major dams and reservoirs in the Kootenai River watershed and surrounds. Lake Koocanusa was named for the treaty that was developed between the Kootenai Indians, the Canadian government, and the U.S. government to build the dam and form the reservoir. [4] It was the fourth dam constructed under the Columbia River Treaty.
The Kootenai River Gorge is composed of "sandstone and thin layers of shale from the Mount Shields Formation of the Belt Supergroup, with folds from compression that dates back to the Sevier Orogeny 50 to 100 million years ago. The rock was deposited 1.5 billion years ago, when much of Montana was covered by water.
Map of principal rivers of Montana ... Dry Wolf Creek (Fergus County, Montana) Musselshell River. ... Kootenai River. Yaak River;
The shores of the lake are all forested with no private property easements. The lowest elevation in Montana is where the Kootenai River leaves the state, 1,832 feet (558 m) above sea level. Other rivers in the forest include the Yaak, Fisher, Tobacco and Vermillion, with water flowing from over 100 lakes.
Kootenai Falls, Montana ... Kootenay River Bridge Highway 3: Near Creston, ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML;
Lake Koocanusa was named in a contest won by Alice Beers of Rexford, Montana. [1] The name is a portmanteau of Kootenai River, Canada, and USA. Lake Koocanusa was built as a joint project of the U.S. and Canada. It is 26 km (16 mi) from Libby, Montana, also on the Kootenai River, from which the dam gets its name.