287-Ornate Flathead Lake, Montana Designed and Painted by Lisa Middleton Paper Products:36"x45" Fine Print

287-Ornate Flathead Lake, Montana Designed and Painted by Lisa Middleton Paper Products:36"x45" Fine PrintFlathead Lake, with a surface area of up to 197 square miles, is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River in the continental United States. The lake is roughly 27 miles long and 15. 5 miles wide at its widest point. It has an average depth of 165 feet, but a maximum depth of 370 feet. It is reportedly one of the cleaner lakes of its size and type. The ancient glacial lake, Lake Missoula, once sat in this region. When the

His map was reprinted numerous times during the second half of the 18th century

the climate and weather

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including the white-tail deer

Pool 8 is numbered in reference to the dam at its downstream end

Kalispell is the largest city in the Flathead Valley and is a commercial hub

whose land and sea are protected

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quarters for Spanish and Mexican frontier troops

picnicking and touring the peaceful mountain landscape on scenic hiking trails

depicting two hemispheres North America

refused to actively join in the War of 1812