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To be accurate, there are actually two rivers, the Flathead and Swan rivers supply clean fresh water to Flathead Lake year-round. Created by Ice Age glaciers, almost thirty miles long and fifteen miles across at it’s widest point, Flathead lake is the largest natural lake in western U.S. A 160 mile shoreline and water covers nearly two-hundred square miles of Montana – and at 300 feet deep, you’d better restring your fishing reel with some extra line.
Held every year around Memorial Day, the Bigfork Whitewater Festival is the first big event of spring. Typically it seems to rain and is chilly for these water sports, but in 2014 the weather cooperated and we saw another spectacular event.
Whitewater rafting is a fun family experience and there are a number of companies in the Flathead Valley that offer rafting trips on a number of rivers in the area. The best time to ride the rapids in in spring and early summer to take advantage of the snow melt and raging rivers.
Lakeside-Somers Chamber of Commerce
Streaming Around | No Longer in our 5th Wheel
Guide Fishing | Fishing News, Guides, & Product Reviews
Lakeside-Somers Chamber of Commerce