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Glacial Lake Missoula. Between 15,000 and 13,000 years ago, Glacial Lake Missoula formed when an ice sheet blocked the Clark Fork River, damming up the river's water back into the valleys of western Montana. [5] The dam would periodically burst causing a flood of water to rush across Idaho, Washington and Oregon to the Pacific Ocean.
The Clark Fork, or the Clark Fork of the Columbia River, is a river in the U.S. states of Montana and Idaho, approximately 310 miles (500 km) long. It is named after William Clark of the 1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition .
Rock Creek is a 52-mile (84 km) river in Missoula and Granite County, Montana. Rock Creek is a tributary of the Clark Fork river. The river's headwaters are in Lolo National Forest near Phillipsburg, Montana. The river roughly parallels the Sapphire Mountains and enters the Clark Fork of the Columbia River near Clinton, Montana.
Lewis and Clark passed through Hellgate Canyon during their expedition through the Western United States. [1] Later in the 19th century, Carrie Strahorn, also an explorer, wrote about a stagecoach ride she took in the area in 1878. She described, among other things, a "veritable Lover’s Lane" formed above the canyon by an arch of wild roses. [5]
The ice dam reached east up the Clark's Fork to Cabinet, Montana, and southward around the mountain to Bayview, Idaho on the south tip of Lake Pend Oreille in Farragut State Park. Here, the ice sheet stood over 2,000 feet (610 m) and 25 miles (40 km) south of Lake Missoula.
The Sapphire Mountains are a range of mountains located in southwestern Montana in the northwestern United States.From a point near the Clark Fork River and the city of Missoula, they run in a southerly direction for a distance of approximately 60 miles (100 km), making up much of the border between Ravalli County (to the west) and Granite County.
Tarkio falls in Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time. Tarkio's elevation is 2,936 feet (895 m) above sea level, and is approximately 40 miles (64 km) outside of Missoula. It lies along Interstate 90 with access via exit 61. The Clark Fork River flows to the west.
Gold Creek is a creek in southwestern Montana, United States, on Interstate 90 northwest of Garrison, between Butte and Missoula. It flows through parts of Granite County and Powell County and empties into the Clark Fork (river) at the [town] of Goldcreek ( 46°35′12″N 112°55′43″W / 46.58667°N 112.92861°W / 46.58667; -112 ...