NORTH WESTERN MONTANA 



Produces More Than Half the Lumber Cut of the State — In Undeveloped Horse 



Power Ranks First — Region Ideally Adapted to 



Dairying and Diversified Farming. 



Lying on the Pacific slope side of the Rocky ^Moniitains. and enjoyinir a climate 

 that is tempered by its location, the North Western district is a region of possibilities 

 in tourist attractions, diversified farming and electrical energy. In it are included 

 Flathead. Lincoln. Lake and Sanders counties, and also the western half of the 

 Glacier National Park. Though moiuitainous. many broad and fertile valleys are 

 found, and in Lincoln county is found the lowest elevation above sea level in the state. 



Lumbering is the principal industry, more than half the anntial cut of the state 

 being produced here. Consi(U'ral)le fruit is raised. Diversified farming is advancing 

 with dairying as one of the ma.ior activities. Both non-irrigated and irrigated farm- 

 ing are followed. The largest body of irrigated land is in Flathead and Lake coun- 

 ties. In every county, however, irrigated lands are awaiting development. In Flat- 

 head, Lincoln and Sanders counties there are also large tracts of cut-over lands, 

 which, when cleared, are adapted to agriculttiral purposes. 



Some mining is done in the western part, and large deposits of good coal are 

 reported in Flathead county, but the principal industrial resottrce is water power. 

 In developed water power the district ranks second, but in undeveloped, first. This 

 region is becoming one of siuumer homes. 



Elevations range from 1,800 feet above sea level to 3,000 feet in the tillable 

 areas. The growing season ranges from three months to five months, lacking two 

 days. 



FLATHEAD COUNTY 



"'" REGION of fertile valleys, wooded moun- 

 tains, rapid streams and attractive scen- 

 ery, Flathead county, in northwestern 

 INIontana, one of the most important lum- 

 bering districts in the state, is making 

 marked progress nhtng the lines of diver- 

 sified farming and dairying, and each 

 season is attracting a larger number of 

 tourists. While most of the tourists come 

 to see the Glacier National Park, many 

 permanent summer homes have been built 

 on Flathead and Swan Lakes by people 

 from other regions who have been capti- 

 vated by the scenery and the climate. 

 The county runs north to the Canadian 

 boundary and east to the Continental di- 

 vide. The northern and eastern districts 

 are mostly mountainous and 577 .square 

 miles in the northeastern part of the 

 county are included in (ilacier National Park. More than half the total area 

 of the cotinty is included within national forests, and 'AO.OOO acres in the south- 

 western part are in the Flathead Indian reservation. 



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