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View of Crater Lake, Highland Mountains. 



Continuing west on the main line of the Great Northern, come the 

 counties of Flathead and Lincoln. This is the extreme northwest- 

 ern portion of the state. The eastern boundary of Flathead County 

 is reached at Summit Station, which, as the name implies, is situated 

 on the crest of the Rockies. From here the railroad follows the Flat- 

 head River and its tributaries, to Columbia Falls. Good trout fishing is 

 obtainable within walking distance from any of the stations and sidings 

 between these two points. This entire section of Montana is favored 

 with large and small game of all the native varieties, while trout vary- 

 ing in size from the twenty pound Dolly Varden to the six-inch fry of 

 the native black spotted variety are plentiful in the waters of the num- 

 erous lakes and streams. Both Flathead and Lincoln Counties contain 

 large areas of timbered districts which are watered by hundreds of 

 streams and lakes. The lakes in these two counties outnumber several 

 times over all the other bodies of water in the state, varying in size 

 from the majestic Flathead Lake, to hundreds of large ponds. During 

 the past two years Flathead and Whitefish Lakes have been stocked 

 with Lake Superior whitefish. 



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