Council Grove State Park ( Salish: Člmé, "Tree Limb Cut Off," also Ncx̣͏ʷotew̓s) is a history-oriented, public recreation area located northwest of Missoula in Missoula 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 ...

. The site of the park hosted the signing on July 16, 1855, of the

Hellgate treaty The Treaty of Hellgate was a treaty agreement between the United States and the Bitterroot Salish, Upper Pend d'Oreille, and Lower Kutenai tribes. The treaty was signed at Hellgate on 16 July 1855. Signatories included Isaac Stevens, superintend ...

between representatives of the

United States government The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, a city within a feder ...

and members of the

Bitterroot Salish The Bitterroot Salish (or Flathead, Salish, Selish) are a Salish-speaking group of Native Americans, and one of three tribes of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation in Montana. The Flathead Reservation is home to ...

, Pend d'Oreille, and the Kootenai to create the

Flathead Indian Reservation The Flathead Indian Reservation, located in western Montana on the Flathead River, is home to the Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d'Oreilles tribes – also known as the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation. Th ...

. A monument commemorates the signing. The park is and sits at an elevation of . Natural features found in the park are its large, old-growth ponderosa pines, grassy fields, and cottonwood stand by the

Clark Fork River The Clark Fork, or the Clark Fork of the Columbia River, is a river in the U.S. states of Montana and Idaho, approximately long. The largest river by volume in Montana, it drains an extensive region of the Rocky Mountains in western Montana and ...

. Its recreational features include hiking and fishing.

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Council Grove State Park
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Council Grove State Park Trail Map
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks {{authority control Protected areas of Missoula County, Montana State parks of Montana Protected areas established in 1978 1978 establishments in Montana