for some large lake trout to get into the stream and many such are 

 caught by the anglers of Philipsburg, which is situated on a branch 

 of the Northern Pacific, south of Drummond. In the hills on both 

 sides of Flint Creek, are found many deer. To the west of Philips- 

 burg and fifteen miles distant is the famous Rock Creek, 

 which vies with the Big Boulder of Sweet Grass County in affording 

 catches of large fish to the skillful angler. In this swift flowing stream 

 have been landed many native trout weighing from four to six pounds. 



From Drummond on the Northern Pacific and Milwaukee, to the 

 north, opens up one of the largest and most favored fields for the 

 hunters and fishermen in the state. A daily stage runs to Ovando, via 

 Helmville. Ovando is forty miles from Drummond and Helmville twen- 

 ty-two. At either place are good hotel accommodations and horses and 

 guides may be procured to go into the surrounding country. From Helm- 

 ville, the Big Blackfoot is but a few miles distant. This is a beautiful 

 trout stream and all kinds of game from deer to ducks are killed in the 

 surrounding hills and river bottoms during the season. From Helmville 

 to Ovando are many ponds and lakes which are favorite nesting places 

 for water fowl — thus affording the finest of fall duck and geese shoot- 

 ing. Ovando is the outfitting point for the Swan River and South Fork 

 of the Flathead River, which as heretofore mentioned, may also be 

 reached from the north by the Great Northern from Kalispell and Flat- 

 head Lake. These streams are open territory for the hunting of Elk, 

 which abound. 



The advantage of Swan River as a fishing and game country have 

 been set forth on a previous page. All that is written of Swan River 

 may be reiterated concerning the South Fork of the Flathead, and then 

 some more, for elk are more plentiful in the South Fork than any place 

 in northern Montana and deer are as thick as they can subsist. It is 

 impossible to name and describe all the streams and lakes that afford 

 fishing in this country — anywhere there is water, and that is in hun- 

 dreds of streams and lakes, there is grand fishing. 



Some of the streams and distances from Ovando are Dick Creek, 

 three miles; Monture Creek, four miles; Big Blackfoot River, five miles; 

 Cottonwood Creek, ten miles; Cooper Lake, fifteen miles; Clearwater 

 River, fifteen miles; Belmont Creek, twenty miles; Gold Creek, twenty- 

 five miles; Jesner Creek, twenty miles; Rapid Creek, thirty miles; Wil- 

 low Creek, thirty-three miles; Basin Creek, thirty-nine miles; Camp 

 Creek, forty-one miles; Young's Creek, fifty miles; South Fork Flathead 

 River, fifty-one miles; Bartlett Creek, fifty-one miles; White River, fifty- 

 six miles; Big and Little Salmon Lakes, sixty-one miles; Black Bear 

 Creek, sixty-nine miles; Meadow Creek, eighty-four miles; Bunker Creek, 

 eighty miles; Harrison Creek, eighty-nine miles; and Spotted Bear 

 Creek, ninety miles. 



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