Kerr Dam
Kerr Dam is located about 5 miles south of Polson, Montana and the southern end of Flathead Lake.
Polson, Montana
After a 1993 summer vacation in Crested Butte and Ouray, Colorado (pictures of which you can find in my Flickr archives), I decided that while the scenery was spectacular, Colorado was too crowded and over-run by tourists, visitors, and owners of summer/retirement/ski homes. So I looked elsewhere in the summer of 1994, and was intrigued by a large patch of blue when I looked at a map of Montana. It turned out to be Flathead Lake -- the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River -- and it provided the inspiration for spending a week in the tiny little town of Polson, on the southern shore of the lake.
In 1996 and 1997, I spent two full summers in Polson, and grew quite attached to the town and its surrounding mountains, rivers, and lake. You might also be interested in some of my observations about life in Polson and Montana, which I wrote about in blogs titled The Polson Parade, and Leaving Montana. But then life changed, other things intervened, and I drifted away from Montana altogether.
In the summer of 2010, I had a chance to re-visit Polson, and spend three short days driving around to re-acquaint myself with the area. It's been over a dozen years, so I was expecting some changes ... but in general, the town of about 5,000 people was pretty much the same. My favorite restaurant had closed down, a Mailboxes Etc outlet had been replaced by a video-rental outlet, and the local McDonald's outlet was no longer posting all of the bounced checks from desperate customers on its wall (hey, you've got to be desperate if you order a Big Mac with fries, and pay with a check that bounces!). It looked like some of the local ranchers and farmers had sold off some of their acreage, for there were a few new vacation communities filling up what had been open meadows and pasture just outside of town.
But the lake had not changed at all, and the Mission Mountains along the eastern shore of the lake were as pretty as ever. Just for the heck of it, I got up at 5 AM one morning, and photographed the pre-dawn stillness on the lake, and then the changing colors of clouds above the lake as the sun slowly rose up to peek over the top of the mountains. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to drive down to the Kerr Dam, and I didn't drive all the way around the north end of the lake: I only made it up to Big Fork on the eastern side, and LakeSide on the western side of the lake. I was going to take the half-day white-water rafting trip down the Flathead River, south of the dam, but there wasn't time for that, either ... Nor was there any time for fishing, or even to rent a jet-ski and zoom around on the broad expanse of water in Polson Bay, at the south end of the lake.
So maybe there will be ample cause to go back to Polson once again, either next year or the year after. But for now, I've got a visual record of the sights and scenes that I saw on this trip. Roughly half of the photos are 5-image handheld HDR composites, and the other half are more traditional digital images, taken during a sunset boat cruise out on the lake.
Enjoy ...
Polson, MT Community Tour
Sarah & Ashlee met a client from Pennsylvania today and gave a quick community tour of our beautiful town, Polson!
Cooney Dam Reservoir - Montana Campground
I've been back on the road since Sept 8 and in search of the PERFECT campsite... here is my story of adventure.
Polson, Montana
This is the view coming downhill on US Route 93 Southbound to Rocky Point and Polson, Montana, a beautiful little gem of a town by the amazingly beautiful, and huge, crystal clear freshwater lake, the Flathead Lake! All at the feet of pretty Snow Capped Mission Mountain Range! This area is generally referred to as Mission Valley area, it is one of my all time favorites. National Bison Range and Preserve is at the Southern End of the Valley, closer to Interstate 90. Some still pics of the area surrounding Flathead Lake, i.e., Mission Valley, are here
NOTE : The song that was playing in my car stereo that you hear in the video is Concrete Angel by Gareth Emery featuring Christina Novelli. Link here
Flathead Lake Polson Montana Trip! June 2019!
Our trip to Flathead Lake in
Polson, Montana! June 2019
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On Hwy 93 then entering the town of Polson from the west. We ride over the Polson bridge on Flathead Lake and then onto 2nd Avenue through the town. The video ends just outside of the Country club area.
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Kerr Dam Montana Flathead Lake
S'elis'/Kasanka/Ql'ispe' Dam
The very first Native American tribally owned hydroelectric dam In the United States owned by the Confederated Salish& Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation (former Kerr) dam located near Polson Montana on the beautiful Flathead river
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Discover Kerr Lake, United States
Image 1: Dupuis Barn and Mission Mountains ...03.12.11.©.rc
Image 2: Polson Bay - View to the North ...03.12.11.©.rc
Image 3: Flathead Lake from Polson Hill ...10.28.07*.©.rc
Image 4: Mission Mountains View from Kerr Dam ...10.27.07*.©.rc
Image 5: Slope Erosion ...10.02.08*.©.rc
Image 6: Flathead Lake. Polson Bay from Polson, MT
Image 7: Montana Farm House ...10.28.07*.©.rc
Image 8: Flathead Lake - South Shore at Polson ...10.11.10.©.rc
Image 9: Polson Bridge ...12.21.11.©.rc
Image 10: Morning Fog from the River ...10.02.08*.©.rc
Kerr Dam on the Flathead River
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