Polebridge is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Flathead County,
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
, United States,
of
Columbia Falls in the northwestern part of the state. This community was named in 1920 for the log bridge that formerly connected the "inner" North Fork Road in
Glacier National Park to the "outer" North Fork Road which leads to
Montana Secondary Highway 486, over the
North Fork Flathead River
The North Fork Flathead River (Ktunaxa: ''kqaskanmituk'' ) is a Calculated by adding Canada and US numbers given in and river flowing through British Columbia, Canada, south into the U.S. state of Montana. It is one of the three primary forks of ...
.
Polebridge lies near the
Canada–United States border.
The
W.L. Adair General Mercantile Historic District is a
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
-listed historic district in Polebridge. It contains the Polebridge Mercantile, which has been in operation since 1914.
The store is open from May through October.
Residents do not have electricity or any form of communication other than mail or media other than newspapers. Candles and whale oil lamps are used for lighting at night. From May through October, the population is just under 100, but during the colder months it falls to the single digits because there are no ways to warm up unless one has a woodstove or coal stove.
Climate
Demographics
See also
*
Glacier View Dam, proposed in the 1940s, which would have inundated Polebridge
References
Unincorporated communities in Montana
Unincorporated communities in Flathead County, Montana
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