Articles with the Tag: Flathead Lake
POLSON — With warm temperatures and not much wind, it was a good day for a 1-mile swim for the annual Water Daze on Aug. 1. Times were fast for 83 swimmers who entered the water near Salish Point and swam to the point at Boettcher Park. All age groups were represented, from high school kids t...
WILD HORSE ISLAND — An illegal campfire is the cause of a five-acre fire that burned on Wild Horse Island State Park last week. The fire started Wednesday, July 22, at about 4 p.m. on the west side of the island. Several agencies responded to fight the fire from both the water and air. No indi...
RAVALLI – The sneaky little pests are the stuff of nightmares. Well, maybe, mostly the nightmares of those with the Aquatic Invasive Species team, which is part of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Those pests can hitch a ride on any watercraft. The idea is to catch them before they escape int...
The switchboard lit up in Kalispell on Dec. 7, 1941. With their fingers flying, telephone operators Shirley Frazier and her co-worker frantically connected calls. The girls knew something was up, something major, so they violated company policy and listened in to hear about the bombing of Pearl Harbor,...
POLSON —It’s a mile swim in Flathead Lake on a summer day, and it benefits the Flathead Lake Monsters swim team. What’s not to like about the 13th annual Water Daze? The swim race will be held Saturday, Aug. 1, with registration at 11 a.m. at Boettcher Park and start time at 1 p.m....
A windsurfer takes advantage of a choppy day on Flathead Lake to ride the swells in Polson Bay.
WILD HORSE ISLAND — A twenty-man fire crew is mopping up the Wild Horse Island fire today, according to Devlin LaFrombois, fire investigator and fire prevention officer for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Division of Fire. The fire started Wednesday, July 22, at about 4 p.m. on the ...
ELMO — The Standing Arrow Powwow brought dancers, drummers, vendors and visitors from many states to Elmo. The weather remained about 40 degrees cooler than the Arlee Celebration on the Fourth of July, so the dancers were happy. With its new arbor in use only a few years, the old arbo...
Fishermen, It appears that mid-summer 2015 could be remembered as a time of notably good fishing. With the exception of lake trout, Flathead Lake proper has begun to produce great catches of perch, whitefish and small mouth bass with the chances of catching crappie especially at the north end of the lake ...
Choppy seas and a wind on July 12 delayed the start of the inaugural Flathead Laker Poker Paddle, but the waves calmed by afternoon and the event went off without a hitch, according to Lakers President Greg McCormick. “Our goal was to have 100 paddlers, and it ended up at about 108 watercraft,&rdquo...
