21 Facts About Kootenai River

Kootenay or Kootenai river is a major river in the Northwest Plateau, in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, and northern Montana and Idaho in the United States.

The name "Flatbow Kootenai River" comes from the name the Blackfeet used to call the Ktunaxa, for their "powerful, stylish bows", and was later recorded by French-Canadian fur traders.

Name "Kootenai River" was used by French Canadians to refer to the Ktunaxa in the 19th century.

The river becomes significantly larger at its confluence with the Vermilion Kootenai River, which is actually the larger of the two where they meet near Kootenay Crossing.

The Kootenai turns northwest at Troy, and the Yaak River joins from the north.

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Kootenay Kootenai River is defined by rocky uplands and steep mountains, and there is relatively little flat land in the watershed.

The mountains in much of the Kootenay Kootenai River catchment are composed of Precambrian sedimentary rock of the Belt Supergroup, in turn, stratified into several subgroups with slightly different characteristics and ages.

Faults in the Kootenay Kootenai River watershed trend north-northwest to south-southeast as is common in much of British Columbia.

Glaciers covered most of the northern Kootenay Kootenai River watershed and heavily shaped the peaks and valleys one sees today.

Glacially deposited sediments buried the old streambed of the Kootenay Kootenai River and created a natural dam where the Kootenay turns west out of Kootenay Lake.

Kootenai River crossed over the Canadian Rockies through Howse Pass and eventually arrived on the banks of the Kootenay, which he thought to be the Columbia.

Kootenai River was known to have written, "I had made it a law to myself that no alcohol should pass the mountains in my company".

Kootenai River then proceeded up the Pend Oreille River and crossed into the Kootenay River valley, which in his records was either the "Kootanie" or "Flat Bow River".

Palliser was told by Ktunaxa tribal members that a trail already existed along the Kootenay Kootenai River, terminating at Columbia Lake, but was in decrepit condition and "entirely impracticable for horses".

The new town's site was officially named Kootenai River, spelled Kootenay and Koutenais and known as Wild Horse.

Kootenai River's was the only ship to ever travel through the canal by proper means and made two of the only three steamboat trips through the canal.

Kootenai River chose a townsite on the north bank of the Kootenay, where it joins the Columbia, across the big river from where the present-day town of Castlegar now stands.

The Doukhobor suspension bridge spanning the Kootenay Kootenai River still stands, and was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1995.

The economy of southeastern British Columbia is strongly dependent on tourism, with the Columbia Kootenai River, including Columbia Lake and Windermere Lake, being very popular for summer swimming and boating activities.

Diversion of the glacier-fed Kootenay Kootenai River would have resulted in the Columbia Kootenai River becoming much deeper and colder, flooding riverside communities and damaging tourism.

The run, about 60 kilometres from east to west, includes Class IV+ rapids and includes Kootenai River Falls, which rarely has been run safely, in the middle of its course.