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Getting out and exploring the beautiful Pend Oreille Valley is an unforgettable experience. And so is playing the latest slots, enjoying some Northwest comfort food and relaxing in a neighborly lounge!
Do it all at Kalispel Casino where you can dine in Wetlands restaurant, have a cold one at The Slough, and play your favorite games. You can even stay for days at the adjoining RV resort featuring hookups, tent sites and cottages. Or just fill up on freshf food, fountain drinks and Chevron fuel at Kalispel Market.
Where serenity meets Amenities.
on the 420 Qlispe River Way, Cusick, WA Kalispel2 Tribe Reservation www.selkirkloop.org Pend Oreille River at the foot of the Selkirks 1-833-881-7492 | kalispelcasino.com U.S. DESTINATIONS Athol, Idaho...... 24 Bayview, Idaho...... 24 Blanchard, Idaho...... 24 The international border is currently closed to non- Bonners Ferry, Idaho...... 36 essential travel at this time. However, Canadian Chewelah, Washington...... 10 residents can visit the BC half of the Loop. Clark Fork, Idaho...... 33 Colville, Washington...... 10 riving the International Selkirk Loop is Cusick, Washington...... 14 Dtruly a spectacular experience, as the 280- Hope, Idaho...... 33 mile (450 km) international scenic byway winds Ione, Washington...... 8 around the Selkirk Mountains through Idaho and Metaline/Metaline Falls, Washington...... 6 Washington, USA, and British Columbia, Canada. Moyie Springs, Idaho...... 33 Newport, Washington...... 16 Often following lakes and rivers along the way, the Oldtown, Idaho...... 16 Selkirk Loop circles an area brimming with outdoor Priest Lake, Idaho...... 19 recreation opportunities. Explore a wide variety of Priest River, Idaho...... 22 awe-inspiring sights and historic treasure. Sagle, Idaho...... 24 In fact, the Selkirk Loop has garnered heaps Sandpoint, Idaho...... 26 of recognition. Rand McNally selected it as one Spirit Lake, Idaho...... 24 of five “Best of the Roads” for its 2009 atlas. The Tiger, Washington...... 8 U.S. Department of Transportation designated the Troy/Libby, Montana...... 33 Selkirk Loop an “All American Road” in 2005. And Usk, Washington...... 14 Sunset Magazine named it “The West’s Best Scenic Other Information Drive.” So put yourself in the driver’s seat for one Map...... 4-5 fabulous drive chock-full of scenery and friendly Winter Recreation...... 40-43 towns on the International Selkirk Loop! Allow a minimum of three to five days to visit the International Selkirk Loop. “Sample Itineraries” can be found at www.SelkirkLoop.org. Check the handy direc- tory of businesses for each community. They made the Selkirk Loop Travel Guide pos- sible and all offer wonderful experiences. Be sure to tell them you are “Doin’ the Loop.” Before you hit the road, download our FREE mobile app (iOS or Android) at www.selkirkloop.org. Once it is downloaded, the app is offline and you can interact with the map, ferry schedules, border crossing information and everything there is to see and do along the way CREDITS: Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twit- ter and share your experience and images using Production: Keokee, Sandpoint, Idaho the hashtag #selkirkloop. We would love to see Cover photo: Hiking near Bonners Ferry, your Two-Nation Vacation! ID, ISL
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(250) 368-3144 www.nelsonkootenaylake.com www.nelsonkootenaylake.com Info Center Nelson Visitor (877) 663-5706 www.discovernelson.com Chamber Priest Lake (888) 774-3785 www.priestlake.org Chamber Priest River (208) 448-2721 www.priestriver.org Sandpoint Chamber (800) 800-2106 www.visitsandpoint.com Slocan District Chamber www.slocanlake.com Chamber Spirit Lake (208) 623-3411 www.spirit-lake-idaho.com Spokane Convention Bureau & Visitors (888)-SPOKANE www.visitspokane.com Tiger Info Center (509) 442-INFO www.povn.com/byway/ Rossland Tourism www.tourismrossland.com Centre Visitor Trail www.trail.ca New Denver Village of (250) 358-2316 Salmo Village of (250) 357-9433 Tourism State Washington Tourism Lake Nelson Kootenay (877) 663-5706 (425) 270-1962 www.ExperienceWA.com (250) 365-6313 www.castlegar.com Chamber Chewelah (509) 935-8595 www.chewelah.org Bureau Visitor Coeur d’Alene (208) 555-1234 www.coeurdalene.org Colville Chamber (509) 684-5973 www.colville.com Centre Visitor Valley Creston (866) 528-4342 www.crestonvalleybc.com Newport Chamber Greater Area (877) 818-1008 Chamber & Chamber Info Tourism Balfour Chamber (877) 229-5448 www.balfourcanada.ca Bayview Chamber www.bayviewidaho.org FerryBonners Center Visitor (208) 267-5922 www.boundaryedc.com/recreation Castlegar Chamber www.newportareachamber.com Idaho Tourism (800) VISIT-ID www.visitid.org Kaslo Chamber (866) 276-3212 www.kaslochamber.com Chamber Lake Kootenay www.kootenaylake.bc.ca Tourism Rockies Kootenay (800) 661-6603 www.hellobc/kr (509) 684-5973 www.colville.com Centre Visitor Valley Creston (866) 528-4342 www.crestonvalleybc.com Newport Chamber Greater Area (877) 818-1008 www.balfourcanada.ca Bayview Chamber www.bayviewidaho.org FerryBonners Center Visitor (208) 267-5922 (250) 365-6313 www.castlegar.com Chamber Chewelah (509) 935-8595 www.chewelah.org Bureau Visitor Coeur d’Alene (208) 555-1234 www.coeurdalene.org Colville Chamber www.visitid.org Kaslo Chamber (866) 276-3212 www.kaslochamber.com Chamber Lake Kootenay www.kootenaylake.bc.ca Tourism Rockies Kootenay (800) 661-6603 www.hellobc/kr Chamber & Chamber Balfour Chamber (877) 229-5448 www.boundaryedc.com/recreation Castlegar Chamber www.newportareachamber.com Idaho Tourism (800) VISIT-ID Tourism Info Tourism
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(250) 368-3144 www.nelsonkootenaylake.com www.nelsonkootenaylake.com Info Center Nelson Visitor (877) 663-5706 www.discovernelson.com Chamber Priest Lake (888) 774-3785 www.priestlake.org Chamber Priest River (208) 448-2721 www.priestriver.org Sandpoint Chamber (800) 800-2106 www.visitsandpoint.com Slocan District Chamber www.slocanlake.com Chamber Spirit Lake (208) 623-3411 www.spirit-lake-idaho.com Spokane Convention Bureau & Visitors (888)-SPOKANE www.visitspokane.com Tiger Info Center (509) 442-INFO www.povn.com/byway/ Rossland Tourism www.tourismrossland.com Centre Visitor Trail www.trail.ca New Denver Village of (250) 358-2316 Salmo Village of (250) 357-9433 Tourism State Washington Tourism Lake Nelson Kootenay (877) 663-5706 (425) 270-1962 www.ExperienceWA.com (250) 365-6313 www.castlegar.com Chamber Chewelah (509) 935-8595 www.chewelah.org Bureau Visitor Coeur d’Alene (208) 555-1234 www.coeurdalene.org Colville Chamber (509) 684-5973 www.colville.com Centre Visitor Valley Creston (866) 528-4342 www.crestonvalleybc.com Newport Chamber Greater Area (877) 818-1008 Chamber & Chamber Info Tourism Balfour Chamber (877) 229-5448 www.balfourcanada.ca Bayview Chamber www.bayviewidaho.org FerryBonners Center Visitor (208) 267-5922 www.boundaryedc.com/recreation Castlegar Chamber www.newportareachamber.com Idaho Tourism (800) VISIT-ID www.visitid.org Kaslo Chamber (866) 276-3212 www.kaslochamber.com Chamber Lake Kootenay www.kootenaylake.bc.ca Tourism Rockies Kootenay (800) 661-6603 www.hellobc/kr www.ExperienceWA.com Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism Lake Nelson Kootenay (425) 270-1962 (877) 663-5706 www.nelsonkootenaylake.com Info Center Nelson Visitor (877) 663-5706 www.discovernelson.com Chamber Priest Lake (888) 774-3785 www.priestlake.org Chamber Priest River (208) 448-2721 www.priestriver.org Sandpoint Chamber (800) 800-2106 www.visitsandpoint.com Slocan District Chamber www.slocanlake.com Chamber Spirit Lake (208) 623-3411 www.spirit-lake-idaho.com Spokane Convention Bureau & Visitors (888)-SPOKANE www.visitspokane.com Tiger Info Center (509) 442-INFO www.povn.com/byway/ Rossland Tourism www.tourismrossland.com Centre Visitor Trail (250) 368-3144 www.trail.ca New Denver Village of (250) 358-2316 Salmo Village of (250) 357-9433 Tourism State Washington (509) 684-5973 www.colville.com Centre Visitor Valley Creston (866) 528-4342 www.crestonvalleybc.com Newport Chamber Greater Area (877) 818-1008 www.balfourcanada.ca Bayview Chamber www.bayviewidaho.org FerryBonners Center Visitor (208) 267-5922 (250) 365-6313 www.castlegar.com Chamber Chewelah (509) 935-8595 www.chewelah.org Bureau Visitor Coeur d’Alene (208) 555-1234 www.coeurdalene.org Colville Chamber www.visitid.org Kaslo Chamber (866) 276-3212 www.kaslochamber.com Chamber Lake Kootenay www.kootenaylake.bc.ca Tourism Rockies Kootenay (800) 661-6603 www.hellobc/kr Chamber & Chamber Balfour Chamber (877) 229-5448 www.boundaryedc.com/recreation Castlegar Chamber www.newportareachamber.com Idaho Tourism (800) VISIT-ID Tourism Info Tourism
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Metaline Falls
Metaline • Metaline Falls surprising treasure awaits visitors of for Kevin Costner’s film “The Postman.” A the rural areas of northeastern Washington. With regular cultural productions at The From the international border to the junction of Cutter Theatre and the town-wide Affair on Highways 31 and 20, this segment of the Selkirk Main Street over Labor Day weekend, it’s no Loop drive is also Washington’s North Pend surprise that Metaline Falls was named one of the Oreille Scenic Byway, one of this state’s prettiest 100 Best Small Art Towns in America. scenic byways. Once accessible only by horse- This region, often called the “Forgot- back or river expedition, Metaline Falls was one ten Corner,” contains one of the most diverse of the first pioneer settlements in Pend Oreille populations of big game animals in the Lower County. Pend Oreille is French for “ear pendant,” 48. The Mill Pond historic site (scheduled to probably named by French fur traders after a reopen summer 2020) provides an interpre- native who wore such an earring. tive walk with a trail connecting it to the Mill Metaline Falls is now home to a charming Pond Campgrounds. Nearby pristine Sullivan collection of well-preserved historical architec- Lake features recently upgraded campground ture including The Cutter Theatre and the and picnic facilities. Contact the Sullivan Lake Washington Hotel. The town was the location Ranger Station at 509-446-2681 for camping in BOUNDARY DAM
Located 110 miles north of Spokane, explore the beauty, recreation, and nature of Boundary Dam. Guided tours are available Memorial Day through Labor Day. Visit www.seattle.gov/light/tours/boundary for more details.
THE NATION’S GREENEST UTILITY
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Metaline Falls Cutter Theatre
Gardner Cave FESTIVALS AND EVENTS METALINE – METALINE FALLS Jan - Dec Concerts, Plays and events at the Cutter Theatre -www.cuttertheatre.com July July 4th BBQ in Metaline Park August Tri-Town Float Down September The Affair on Main Street Art, Craft & Culture Festival December Deck the Falls Celebration North Pend Oreille Chamber - (509) 446-1721 www.npochamber.org
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
ARTS, GIFTS & ANTIQUES Affair on Main Street (509) 446-2449 Cutter Theatre, The (509) 446-4108 FOOD & EATERIES The Farmhouse Café (509) 446-2447 PLACES TO STAY Circle Motel (509) 446-4343 Mt. Linton RV & Trailer Park (509) 446-4553 the area, a list of local day hiking and sightseeing USFS Sullivan Lake Ranger District trips as well as an interesting historical display. (509) 446-7500 Take a guided tour of Gardner Cave (Me- THINGS TO SEE & DO morial-Labor Day Weekend), Washington state’s Affair on Main Street (509) 446-2449 third-longest limestone cave, located 11 miles Cutter Theatre, The (509) 446-4108 north of Metaline Falls in Crawford State Park. Seattle City Light - Boundary Dam Tours Tours are conducted in the summer months. The (509) 446-3083 cave is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. USFS Sullivan Lake Ranger District (509) 446-7500
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Red Bridge Ione • Tiger he story of Ione is one steeped in leg- Tends of the timber industry, the railway and the lore of the Pend Oreille River. Follow the story Cozy of the mills, mines and railroads of yesteryear by stopping at designated points of interest along Highway 31 marked as North Pend Oreille Cottages? Scenic Byway. Construction was completed on several interpretive sites along this stretch in 2014 covering many topics important to this area and Say no more! are worth exploring. In 1901, the community built its first sawmill. Eight years later, the Panhandle Lumber Company employed more than 700 men. The arrival of the railroad in 1909 was almost as vital to the region’s survival. Today, the community’s residents celebrate the Pend Oreille’s bounty every July, when kalispelrvresort.com Downriver Days arrive. The events are marked 370 Qlispe River Way, Cusick, WA by family-friendly, river-based activities includ- ing “water skipping” of snowmobiles across the Pend Oreille River. Ione has a lovely day-use park along the water’s edge. You will also find the Lions Club Rail Riders where you can enjoy the unique experience of a four seated, pedal powered, railroad bicycle along some of the most stunning fall scenery in the Pacific Northwest as it runs along the Pend Oreille River. First ride south through scenic pastureland then north to the impressive Box Canyon Trestle. Sweet Creek Rest Area also offers a picnic site, interpretive panels and a hiking trail to Sweet Creek Falls. The first part of this trail is paved with hard packed gravel to the falls - it is worth it. 8 selkirkloop.org WASHINGTON
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Just north of Ione is Box Canyon Dam. The site provides tours, camping, a swimming FESTIVALS AND EVENTS pond and is a great place to have a picnic. IONE Stop by the Meadow Lake Wildlife Observatory (Memorial-Labor Day Weekend) June - Oct Rail Riders-check their schedule for dates located west of Ione, where a dismantled fire July Downriver Days Tri-Town Float Down lookout was reconstructed on this site as a Hydroplane Boat Races wildlife-viewing tower. August Pend Oreille County Fair and Rodeo At the junction of Highways 31 and 20, the North Pend Oreille Chamber (509) 446-1721 Tiger General Store is all that remains of this www.npochamber.org once-thriving pioneer town. Peer into the past at the store’s museum with early history of the region, including a mining display and an on-site BUSINESS DIRECTORY blacksmith shop containing a lot of original items. A state designated rest area is open Memorial ARTS, GIFTS & ANTIQUES Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend. Cedar RV Park & Cedar Chest Gift Shop At the junction of Highways 31 and 20, turn (509) 442-2144 west to go on the Selkirk Loop’s Flowery Trail – PLACES TO STAY Little Pend Oreille Super Side Trip (page 10). Box Canyon Resort & Motel (509) 442-3728 • (800) 676-8883 2010-B Cedar RV Park & Cedar Chest Gift Shop (509) 442-2144 Coop B&B, The (509) 442-3344 Riverview Motel Karin’s Bed & Golf / Serendipity Golf Course Clean, quiet and comfortable (509) 442-3313 on the Pend Oreille River Riverview Motel (509) 442-2990 THINGS TO SEE & DO Karin’s Bed & Golf / Serendipity Golf Course (509) 442-3313 NPOV Lions Rail Riders (844) 724-5743 Pend Oreille County Public Utility – Box Canyon AC/heaters, refrigerators, Dam Tour microwaves, cable TV, In-room coffee For Reservations wireless internet, boat docks. (509) 447-3137 • (800) 767-2823 Great recreational opportunities. 509.442.2990 Tiger Historical Center / Museum 120 Riverside Ave. & Hwy 31, Ione WA (509) 442-4656
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See wildlife at the Little Pend E Oreille National Wildlife Refuge. U P R S Colville / S idetrip known as a leader in historical preservation with Chewelah a large museum and the “Keller House,” (May 1-Sept. 30) a well-appointed reminder of 80 MILES / 129 KM the turn of the century. Stevens County was re- cently awarded a “Preserve America Presidential his scenic mountain route leads drivers Award,” one of only two counties in Washington Tup and over one of the ridges of the Selkirk to receive this award. Take a walking tour through Mountain range twice, offering stellar views. the historic downtown business district. Visual More than a dozen unique and varied barns are and performing arts abound with a pavilion visible along this route. in the 18-acre Yep Kanum City Park – host to This Super Side Trip begins at the junction several major events during the spring and sum- of Highways 20 and 31 at Tiger. Turn west onto mer months. Colville has its own 18-hole public Highway 20 toward Colville. Take a break along golf course, Dominion Meadows. Nearby Lake the glittering chain created by the Little Pend Roosevelt, accessed by a short drive farther Oreille Lakes system at the Frater Lake Rest west at Kettle Falls, is the area’s largest water Area. Several Forest Service campgrounds exist sports playground. Heading south on Highway near these lakes. Stop and take a short walk to 395 toward Chewelah, visitors travel through a view Crystal Falls. Contact the Colville Na- lovely wide valley of mixed cultivated fields and tional Forest at 509-684-7000 for information coniferous forests. on other camping available in the area. Chewelah has approximately 2,400 Seven miles east of Colville on Highway 20 is the Little Pend Oreille National Wild- Indoor Pool and Hot Tub • Complimentary Breakfast life Refuge (open year-round). It’s the only mountainous, mixed-conifer forest refuge in Free Wii • 24 Hour Staff the National Wildlife Refuge system. Take the auto tour route through the refuge for a great Comfort Inn overview. You’ll see older forests consisting of Colville, WA pines and other conifers. More than 200 nesting 166 NE Canning Drive and foraging migratory bird species, 58 mammal species, and 14 reptile and amphibian species 509-684-2010 use the refuge’s 40,198 acres of forests, streams and wetlands seasonally. At the junction of Highway 20 and Highway www.choicehotels.com/hotel/wa717 395 is one of Washington’s oldest cities, Colville, 1010 selkirkloop.org www.selkirkloop.org SIDE TRIP
FESTIVALS AND EVENTS Colville Rodeo COLVILLE March Home and Garden Show Woodland Theater Annual Musical residents, and displays a pleasant blend of the May Stevens County Historical Museum Opens past and future. As far back as the early 1870s, Farmers Markets, May - September Chewelah established itself as an agricultural and Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament later a commercial center with the opening of June Colville Rodeo manganese mines during World War I. With its July Sidewalk Sale/Street Fair moderate climate, dry land and irrigated farming, Tiger Tri Race - 1/4 Triathlon August Colville Rendezvous Days Music Festival Northeast Washington Fair Blazing Saddles Bike Ride December Home for the Holidays Christmas Tree Extravaganza Colville Chamber of Commerce (509) 684-5973 • www.colville.com
COLVILLE / KETTLE FALLS BUSINESS DIRECTORY FOOD & EATERIES Meyers Falls Market & Cafe - Kettle Falls (509) 795-9497 ORGANIZATIONS & GOVERNMENT Colville Chamber of Commerce (509) 684-5973 Tri-County Economic Development District (509) 684-4571 PLACES TO STAY Beaver Lodge Resort & Campground (509) 684-5657 Comfort Inn - (509) 684-2010 Selkirk Motel - (509) 684-2565 THINGS TO SEE & DO Kettle Falls Historical Center (509) 738-6964 Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge (509) 684-8384 Stevens County Historical Society (509) 684-5968
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FESTIVALS AND EVENTS CHEWELAH February Chewelah Arts Guild (CAG) Annual Com- munity Arts Show March BIG Home and Garden Show May Music on the Mountain (CAG) Nastalgia Days Classic Car & Quilt Show May - October Farmer’s Market June R ev It Up For The Vets Car Show Beautiful view along the route July Chataqua Arts & Crafts Festival/Fun Run August Melody Riders Horse Show ranching and dairies were mainstays. September Music on the Mountain Chataqua, a four-day arts festival, is October Lions Club Bike Tour 25K & 50K November Winter Craftfest one of Chewelah’s major events, always the December Joy to the World Winter Concert (CAG) second weekend in July. Held on 8-plus acres at Chewelah City Park, Chataqua features craft ex- Chewelah Chamber (509) 935-8595 • www.chewelah.org hibits, free entertainment, food and a traveling carnival. There is also a fine Walt Goodman Historical Museum, and casino to explore. Chewelah is home to the only 27-hole golf course in eastern Washington, Chewelah Golf COLVILLE & Country Club. Discover Our Good Nature Turn east onto the Flowery Trail Road from Chewelah and travel 10 miles to the top of the pass at 4,046 feet where 49 Degrees North and Chewelah Peak Learning Center offer a stay-and-play, family-oriented ski hill with miles of groomed trails. Snowmobiling and cross-country skiing adventures provide plenty of additional cold weather action. In the warm weather months, take advantage of the area’s scenic back roads and www.Colville.com trails for bike tours, mountain biking and hiking. This route rejoins to the main Selkirk Loop Colville National Forest route at Usk. Turn south onto Highway 20 toward Newport. 65 Lakes and 28 campgrounds
Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge CHEWELAH BUSINESS DIRECTORY 40,000+ acres and ORGANIZATIONS & GOVERNMENT 4 campgrounds Chewelah Chamber of Commerce (509) 935-8595 PLACES TO STAY Lake Roosevelt National City of Chewelah Camping at Jenne Memorial Recreation Area Park (509) 935-8311 27 campgrounds THINGS TO SEE & DO 49 Degrees North (509) 935-6649
1212 selkirkloop.org www.selkirkloop.org THE CITY OF NEWPORT ’s a wi It ld ride Rodeos, concerts in the park, parades, Spray Park, Iris Gardens, Playhouse, and hot rod car shows are some of the wild and fun things that happen here in Newport. The rest of the year we are just a quiet city with antique stores, historic buildings, camping, hiking, fishing, hunt- ing, boating, snowmobiling and a friendly welcome to all.
Watch for these Special Events: PWRA Rodeo Car Shows Rodeo Parade Art in the Park Farmers Market SPORT Train Rides Bull-a-Rama Historical Museum Tours Iris Gardens Relay for Life Downtown Trick-or-Treat Who Let the Girls Out Christmas Celebration Newport Autumn Bloom Run 10K/5K (Bloomsday 2nd seeding qualifying race) City of Newport 200 S. Washington Ave. • Newport, WA 99156 (509) 447-5611 www.newport-wa.org 14
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Festival undra Swan Wow Pow Tribe atKalispel eworks (509) 447-7144 (509) 445-1147 www.newportareachamber.com • (877) 818-1008 www.newportareachamber.com FOOD & EATERIES SEE & DO THINGS TO STAY TO PLACES Blueslide Resort (509) 445-1327 - Cusick Kalispel RV Resort / Cottage Rentals Lodge B&B Ruby Creek BUSINESS DIRECTORY - Usk (509) 447-7122 Camas Center - Cusick (509) 447-7144 Kalispel Market - Cusick (509) 281-7577 Wetlands Indians - Usk of Kalispel Tribe Kalispel Casino March July August September - - www.selkirkloop.org with a display with a display kalispelmarket.com 370 Qlispe River Way, Cusick, WA Cusick, Way, River Qlispe 370
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interest. point of point fords spectacular views of the Pend Oreille River River Oreille the Pend spectacular views of fords Cusick mountains. Just beyond and surrounding Area visit the new Kalispel Rest in this and ORV riding motorcycle ties. Excellent con- the Colville National Forest of area large on the Little Pend riding off-road more nects to the northwest. to ORV trail system Oreille (April-November) is a glacially formed, above- is a glacially formed, (April-November) - ceremo used for religious cave system ground missionaries. Indians and nies by early American is a winding dirtThere the cave af which to trail of historic and contemporaryand historic cultural and images of Indians. of Tribe the Kalispel of items the Batey-Bould for a small sign to watch road, with facili is trailhead parking . There ORV Area
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FESTIVALS AND EVENTS NEWPORT / OLDTOWN May-October Farmers Market Newport • Oldtown May-July Iris Gardens Open May Who Let the Girls Out shopping event ewport, located at the junction of U.S. June PWRA Rodeo and Carnival NHighway 2 and Washington State Highway WBRA Barrel Racing 20, features historic Washington Avenue as its July Hydroplane Boat Races “main street,” where some shops display a plaque Bull-a-Rama showing the name of the original business and Timber Days Lawn Mower Street its date. Many buildings are constructed of Drags, Oldtown locally made bricks. Plan to visit the Newport / August Pend Oreille County Fair and Rodeo September Bob’s Car Show / Vintage Trailer Rally Oldtown Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center Autumn Bloom Fun Run 5K & 10K and the adjacent Pend Oreille County Historical PORTA Fall Festival Society Museum to pick up the booklet “Historic November Hometown Christmas downtown Tour of Newport.” Both the visitor center and December Festival of Trees museum are located in Centennial Plaza, which Greater Newport Area Chamber was built to celebrate the Washington State www.newportareachamber.com • (877) 818-1008 Centennial in 1989.
Pend Oreille County HISTORICAL MUSEUM
OPEN Memorial Day - Labor Day Monday - Saturday 10:00-4:00 Sunday 1:00 - 4:00 $5.00 Adults, children 12 and under free
pochsmuseum.org | 509.447.5388
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Jet boat races on the Pend Oreille River
The museum’s exhibits in several summer flower displays and winter holiday lights. outbuildings showcase the area’s history. Look for Newport is the county seat of Pend Oreille the “Big Wheel,” a 16-foot, steam-driven sawmill (pon-duh-ray) County, Washington’s 39th and generator, and the gazebo with picnic area, youngest county. Formed in 1911, it was origi- nally part of Stevens County. The town began as
CAMPING ON PUBLIC LANDS - WASHINGTON SITE LOCATION SITES TENT SHOWERS RV FULL/LIMITED East Sullivan Lake-USFS* Metaline Falls 38 x n/a Limited West Sullivan Lake-USFS* Ione 7 x n/a Limited Noisy Creek-USFS* Ione 19 x n/a Limited Crescent Lake-USFS Metaline Falls 6 x n/a Limited Edgewater-USFS* Ione 20 x n/a Limited Mill Pond-USFS (closed 2018) Metaline Falls 10 x n/a Limited Panhandle-USFS Ione 13 x n/a Limited Pioneer Park-USFS Newport 18 x n/a Limited South Skookum Lake-USFS Usk 18 x n/a Limited Browns Lake-USFS Usk 18 x n/a Limited Lake Leo-USFS Colville 8 x n/a Limited Lake Thomas-USFS Colville 16 x n/a n/a Gillette-USFS Colville 30 x n/a Limited Lake Gillette-USFS Colville 14 x n/a Limited Little Twin Lakes-USFS Colville 20 x n/a Limited www.reserveamerica.com • 877-444-6777 • *Campsites on National Reservation Systems / USACE-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / USFS-U.S. Forest Service #selkirkloop 17 BUSINESS DIRECTORY
ARTS, GIFTS & ANTIQUES Seeber’s Pharmacy (509) 447-2484 • (800) 326-2484 FOOD & EATERIES WASHINGTON Golden Spur Motor Inn (509) 447-3823 Owen’s Grocery, Deli & Soda Fountain (509) 447-3525 PLACES TO STAY DannyAnn’s Bed & Breakfast (509) 447-3787 Golden Spur Motor Inn (509) 447-3823 K / M Resorts - Old American Kampground (509) 447-3663 • (800) 392-5722 Penny’s Place on the River (509) 939-3137 Walden House Inn, The (509) 447-5771 GENERAL BUSINESS Owen’s Grocery, Deli & Soda Fountain (509) 447-3525 Seeber’s Pharmacy (509) 447-2484 • (800) 326-2484 ORGANIZATIONS & GOVERNMENT City of Newport (509) 447-5611 Newport, Idaho, in 1889 when Mike Kelly erected Greater Newport Area Chamber & Information a log building on the banks of the Pend Oreille Center (509) 447-5812 River. In 1892, a post office was added to Kelly’s Newport - Priest River Rotary Club store, and mail was brought in from Rathdrum, (208) 428-8006 Idaho, via Blanchard. Original transportation Pend Oreille County (509) 447-4119 Pend Oreille County EDC depended on the riverboats until the Idaho and (509) 447-5569 Washington Northern Railroad was extended Pend Oreille County Public Utility District (509) from Newport to Metaline Falls in 1910. The 447-3137 arrival of the Great Northern Railroad in 1892 PORTA (509) 447-5286 started Newport’s move from the Idaho side to THINGS TO SEE & DO the Washington side of the state line. Today, the Pend Oreille County Historical Society & Museum businesses and residential areas are divided by (509) 447-5388 • (509) 447-2770 the state line. Oldtown, Idaho, is also the start Scenic Pend Oreille Train (877) 525-5226 of the Idaho Scenic Byway Panhandle Historic Rivers Passage on Highway 2. After taking in Newport’s charming down- town district, take the time to explore the natural splendor of the surrounding Colville National Driving the loop Forest. Check with the Colville Ranger Station is for the birds! at 509-447-3129, on Highway 20 just north Hit the road with the Birder’s of Newport, to discover a host of year-round recreational opportunities including the Upper Guide to the International and Lower Wolf Trail hikes. Camping, boat launch Selkirk Loop - and hiking are available at Pioneer Park east of - Explore 40 key birding sites Newport along the Pend Oreille River. - Best places to view - Best seasons - Waterproof paper $7.95 at retailers or www.SelkirkLoop.org
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Selkirk Mountains. Crown Jewel” status because of the clarity and the clarity of status because Jewel” Crown 19-mile-long lake The pristine, its water. of purity mountains offer coupled with the surrounding opportunities. In recreational year-round myriad the summer season, the location and sheer size for all water ample space afford Lake Priest of sports with its the 72-mile shoreline . Explore sandy beaches by powerboat, white, numerous kayak or personal canoe, watercraft, sailboat, seven islands. Is the lake’s and include visits to for is renowned forte?fishing your Lake Priest aka mackinaw. trout, lake trophy-sized This a unique experience. visitors and offers mountains are and surrounding lake 1,300-acre . As such, Scenic Area a federally designated development and from is restricted the area time immemorial. as it has been from remains is accessible only via hiking Lake Upper Priest waterwayand biking trails or a 2.5-mile, no-wake and The Thoroughfare named The Thoroughfare. for ideal playgrounds are Lake Upper Priest and canoeist. the kayaker state Lion Head and Indian Creek are shore for phone 208-443-2200 or 208-443-6710 parks; In the early 1920s, and reservations. information Nell Shipman (1892-1970) built a movie camp T Priest Lake Priest
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IDAHO L Priest River structure restored to itsformer glory. a1922 buildings, suchastheBeardmore Block, town andseesomeof renovated thebeautifully Labor DayWeekend). and TimberEducationCenter Match Company River at thePriest Museum the riverboats, called “bateaux,” from the Diamond mills from 1901to 1949. Viewoneof thelastof Logs were driven downthePriest to River saw- Panhandle Rivers Historic Passage. and into SandpointistheIdahoScenicByway Highway 2from Oldtown through Priest River from Spokane,Wash., andCoeurd’Alene, Idaho. centered isconveniently River anhouraway *Campsites on National Reservation Systems*Campsites onNational Reservation /USACE-U.S. ArmyCorpsof /USFS-U.S. Engineers Forest Service www.reserveamerica.com •877-444-6777 Albeni Cove-USACE* Priest River-USACE*Priest Riley Creek-USACE* SITE 22 and Pend Oreille, thetown rivers of Priest ocated attheconfluence of thePriest CAMPING ONPUBLICLANDS Take awalkingtour of down- historic The town’s sawmill wasbuiltin1897. first selkirkloop.org (Memorial- Priest RiverPriest Priest RiverPriest Laclede LOCATION
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biking. Pick up an Empire Trails map which in- P E U R cludes directions and skill level. A few miles south S Blanchard • Spirit Lake • Athol • of Spirit Lake, turn east on Highway 54, traveling S idetrip 11 miles (18 km) to the junction of Highways 54 Bayview • Sagle and 95. The small village of Athol is a good place 60 MILES / 98 KM to pick up quick supplies before heading east to Farragut State Park situated on the southern shores of Lake Pend Oreille. Camping cabins, full he South Lakes route takes visitors within hookups and tenting sites, boat launch, hiking Tclose proximity to the area’s pristine large and biking trails are available here. It’s Idaho’s and small lakes. Starting this side trip from second largest state park at 4,000 acres, and Newport / Oldtown, follow Highway 41 south. also includes a museum to learn about this park’s Just west of the small community of Blanchard, fascinating military history. StoneRidge Resort is located within Stone- A few minutes south of the Athol junc- Ridge Recreational Community, which boasts tion is Silverwood, the Northwest’s largest a par 71, 19-hole golf course, restaurant, swim- theme park (May 1 to September 30, weekends ming pools and many activities for families. in October), with more than 65 rides, shows and The community of Spirit Lake and the attractions, including four roller coasters, a steam serene 4.5-mile long Spirit Lake offers easy access locomotive and a water park. RV/tent camping is at three public boat ramps. This community also available on-site. offers several scenic trails for hiking and mountain Visit nearby Bayview with its tower-
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Mountain goats are frequently seen when hiking on Scotchman Peak.
E Scotchman Peaks U P R Proposed Wilderness S rom Sandpoint along the Lake Pend Oreille- are truly hard to beat, plus there’s a strong likeli- S idetrip FKootenai River Super Side Trip, serious seekers hood of seeing mountain goats, making for a of solitude can easily access the 88,000-acre special wildlife-viewing treat. Scotchman Peaks roadless area that spans the Scotchman Peak also serves as a great Idaho-Montana border. Since the 1970s, when jumping off point for excursions into some fabu- the U.S. Forest Service carried out extensive lous backcountry. To learn more about the pro- evaluations of lands suitable for wilderness, this posed wilderness and see a schedule of guided rugged, scenic and biologically diverse portion of hikes, look up Friends of Scotchman Peaks the Cabinet Mountains has been managed for Wilderness at www.ScotchmanPeaks.org. The its wilderness potential. Scotchman Peak, at 7,009 group is working to preserve the Scotchmans feet, is the highest peak in Bonner County and and recently published a detailed, informative one of the best-loved hikes in the Cabinet Moun- map. For a complete guidebook to hikes in the tains, a range that runs for 150 miles and spreads Cabinet Mountains, pick up a copy of “Trails across two states, Idaho and Montana. of the Wild Cabinets” sold at the Sandpoint The views from Scotchman Peak are mag- Visitor Center. nificent: the expanse of Lake Pend Oreille to the This roadless area is part of the Cabinet- southwest, the rugged proposed wilderness to Yaak ecosystem, a home for a few grizzly bears the north, and the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness as well as wolves, which reestablished themselves Area to the east. Some say that the views are naturally from Canada (they were not reintro- better than Washington’s Abercrombie Moun- duced). Present also are rare birds and animals tain, Hall Mountain and Copper Butte, or Idaho’s such as the fisher, pine marten, wolverine and Mount Roothaan (near Chimney Rock). The views boreal owl.
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Kootenai Falls FESTIVALS AND EVENTS LIBBY / TROY E May Stokr Bike Ride U P R S Hope • Clark Fork May - October Libby’s Farmers Market (Thursday) June - Sept Troy’s Farmers Market (Friday) S idetrip • Moyie Springs • June Logger Days (Libby) July Old Fashioned 4th of July Troy • Libby Celebration(Troy) August River Front Blues Festival (Libby) 112 MILES / 180 KM Ignite the Nites Car Show (Libby) September Chainsaw Carving Compeition (Libby) ust north of Sandpoint, Idaho, take High- Libby Chamber of Commerce Jway 200 east to Hope. This is also the start www.libbychamber.org • (406) 293-4167 of the Pend Oreille National Scenic Byway. This photographic stretch allows for stun- ning vistas along the north shore of Lake Pend popular campground has a day use area (fee Oreille. Watch for wayside geologic and historic required), swimming beach and boat launch. sites with wide pullouts. Look for the historical Contact Reserve USA at 1-877-444-6777 for marker at the Hope Peninsula turnoff and take a reservations. moment to view the site of Idaho’s first structure Just east of Clark Fork, across the Montana made by white men, Kullyspell House, a trading State Line, stop at scenic overlooks at Cabinet post established by David Thompson in 1809. Gorge Dam and Noxon Rapids Dam. Complete Sam Owen Campground is one mile past Hope with local interpretive information, beaches and on the Hope Peninsula and Game Preserve. This lawn, these are pleasant stops from which to view the Clark Fork River.
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Beautiful fall colors
Turn north onto Highway 56, aka Bull Lake Turning west at the Highway 56/Highway Road. One point of great interest is the ancient 2 junction takes you through the community of grove of the Ross Creek Cedars (mid-May to Troy. Stop at the Troy Ranger Station for informa- Sept. 30) with an interpretive trail through numer- tion on recreational opportunities in the area. A ous stands of 500-year-old trees. There is a nice lovely Forest Service Campground exists at the Forest Service campground on Bull Lake nearby. Contact the Kootenai National Forest at 406-293-6211 for reservations. At the junction of Highways 56 and 2, take an optional turn east, and go 3 miles to the Kootenai Falls Overlook (mid-April to mid- October) and suspension bridge, a nice place for a picnic and short hike to the falls. Driving 15 miles farther brings you to Libby, a hub for outdoor adventure. Take a free tour of Libby Dam and camp at Lake Koocanusa.
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