Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest

Lewis and Clark

Lemhi Pass Tour

Lemhi Pass, in the Beaverhead Mountains of the Bitterroot Range and along the Continental Divide, is the site where, in 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition first saw the headwaters of the Columbia River, which flow to the Pacific Ocean. It's here that the expedition crossed what was then the western boundary of the United States. Come take a tour... (See links below map)

Tour of Lemhi Pass (934 kb, PDF)

Interpretive Signs Along the Way (865 kb, PDF)

More Information about Lemhi Pass

Other Lewis and Clark Links

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Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Curriculum guide on the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Discovering Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
Lewis and Clark - Relive the Corps of Discovery - Traveling the Trail
PBS Online Lewis and Clark