After settling in at the James Kipp Recreation Area campground, I explored the river running right behind the place - blocked by a wall of thick brush and trees. Thanks to the ever present fishermen paths along the banks, I managed to move up and down the south shore to record these images of the Missouri flowing toward Fort Peck Lake. The Corps rowed up this section of the Missouri on May 24, 1805. Captain Lewis described the terrain: "The country high and broken...the tops of the hills covered with scattering pine [,] spruce and dwarf cedar; the soil poor and sterile..."
Lewis & Clark Trail - Montana
Charles M. Russell National
Wildlife Refuge
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