The Yaak River (spelled Yahk River in Canada) is a tributary of the Kootenai River in Montana .
7-783: The Yaak River originates near Yahk Mountain, in the Yahk Range, part of the Purcell Mountains , in southeast British Columbia. The river flows south, crossing into Lincoln County, Montana . It receives the East Fork Yaak River, then the West Fork Yaak River (also called the West Yahk River). The West Fork originates in Montana near Rock Candy Mountain, flows northeast into British Columbia, then southeast back into Montana to join
14-594: Is Class III-V from Yaak Falls to its confluence with the Kootenai River for the purposes of public access for recreational purposes. According to British Columbia's Geographical Names Information System, "Yahk" is a Kootenai word meaning either "arrow" or "bow" and referring either to the Yaak River or the Kootenai River. The southward curve of the Kootenai River (from Canada into the United States and back into Canada)
21-559: Is said to be a "bow", with the Yaak River possibly being the "arrow" (if the name is from the Kootenai word "a'k"). According to the USGS, variant names of the Yaak River include A'ak, Yaac, Yahk, Yahkh, and Yak. Purcell Mountains The Purcell Mountains are a mountain range in southeastern British Columbia, Canada . They are a subrange of the Columbia Mountains , which includes
28-606: The Crowsnest Highway , and residential rural areas dependent on the cities of Creston , Kimberley and Cranbrook , which are located adjacent to the range.. The Purcells are shown on some United States maps as the Percell Mountains , where their southern limit protrudes into the states of Idaho and Montana , abutting Lake Koocanusa , a reservoir on the Kootenai River . American geographic classifications consider
35-814: The Selkirk , Monashee , and Cariboo Mountains . They are located on the west side of the Rocky Mountain Trench in the area of the Columbia Valley , and on the east side of the valley of Kootenay Lake and the Duncan River . The only large settlements in the mountains are the Panorama Ski Resort and Kicking Horse Resort , adjacent to the Columbia Valley towns of Invermere and Golden , though there are small settlements, such as Yahk and Moyie along
42-843: The Percells to be part of the Rocky Mountains but in Canada that terminology is reserved for ranges on the east side of the Rocky Mountain Trench . In the Purcell Mountains, most of the peaks are near or above 10,000 feet in elevation. The Purcell Supergroup rocks that make up the Purcells were formed in the Proterozoic eon (in the Precambrian period), which spans from 2,500 million years ago to about 540 million years ago. The ten highest summits of
49-701: The main Yaak River. Below the West Fork confluence, the Yaak River receives the South Fork Yaak River before curving broadly west, then south, receiving numerous tributary creeks such as Spread Creek, Hellroaring Creek, and Burnt Creek (also called Burnt Grizzly Bear Creek), before flowing into the Kootenai River near Yaak Mountain and the small city of Troy, Montana . In Montana, the Yaak River and its tributaries mostly lie within Kootenai National Forest . The river has Class IV-V whitewater. The river
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