The Stillwater River rises 15 miles south of the border between Montana (United States) and
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
(Canada), west of
Glacier National Park in the
Kootenai National Forest
The Kootenai National Forest is a United States National Forest, national forest located in the far northwestern section of Montana and the northeasternmost lands in the Idaho panhandle in the United States, along the Canada–United States borde ...
. It runs mainly south to
Duck Lake, then Upper Stillwater Lake, Lagoni Lake and on to Lower Stillwater Lake. It then flows south to
Kalispell
Kalispell (, Montana Salish: Ql̓ispé, Kutenai language: Kqayaqawakⱡuʔnam) is a city in Montana and the county seat of Flathead County, Montana, United States. The 2020 census put Kalispell's population at 24,558. Among cities in Montana, ...
where it joins the
Whitefish River, very near where that river enters the
Flathead River
The Flathead River (, , ), in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Montana, originates in the Canadian Rockies to the north of Glacier National Park and flows southwest into Flathead Lake, then after a journey of , empties into the Cla ...
.
See also
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List of rivers of Montana
The following is a partial list of rivers of Montana (U.S. state).
East of Continental Divide
Water in these rivers flows east and south from the Continental Divide of the Americas, also known as the Great Divide, into the Gulf of Mexico via t ...
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Montana Stream Access Law
The Montana Stream Access Law says that angling, anglers, Canoeing, floaters and other recreationists in Montana have full use of most natural waterways between the high-water marks for fishing and floating, along with human swimming, swimming an ...
Notes
Rivers of Montana
Rivers of Flathead County, Montana
Rivers of Lincoln County, Montana
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